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τρώγω

τρώγω, to gnaw, nibble, munch

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τρώγοντες present active participle masculine nominative plural, present active participle masculine vocative plural of τρώγω

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τρώγω, Od. 6.90, etc.: fut. τρώξομαι Ar. Ach. 806, X. Smp. 4.8: aor. 1 ἔτρωξα (κατ-) Batr. 182, Hp. Nat.Mul. 8, Timo 66.6 [840]: aor. 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3 sg. subj. τράγῃ Pherecr. 67.5 (elsewh. only in compos. with ἐν- (q. v.), κατα-, παρα-):—Pass., pf. τέτρωγμαι (δια-) Ar. V. 371, (παρεν-) Eub. 15.8:—
  • gnaw, nibble, munch, esp. of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν Od. 6.90; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. Ar. Ach. 801, cf. 806; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ., Theoc. 4.45, 9.11; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον Sotad. 15.15; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι Hp. Prorrh. 2.31.
    • II of men, eat vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται Hdt. 2.37; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου] ib. 92; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ Id. 4.177; τ. βότρυς Ar. Eq. 1077; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων Anaxil. 18.3 (anap.); of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc., Hdt. 1.71, Ar. Pax 1324, Pherecr. 159 (v. τρωγάλια) ; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, Sol. 38.1, Antiph. 140.4; of small fish as hors-dʼoeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος < ὢν > τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγεται; Eup. 23 D.: abs., πίνειν καὶ τ. drink and eat dessert, D. 19.197: Com. metaph., γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους Ar. Nu. 924 (anap.):—Pass., τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα Hdt. 2.92.
    • III later, simply eat, serving as pres. to ἔφαγον instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα Ev.Jo. 6.54 (cf. aor. φάγητε . . πίητε ib. 53); τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες Ev.Matt. 24.38; never in LXX (ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου LXX Ps. 40(41).10 becomes ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον when cited in Ev.Jo. 13.18); δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί is dub. l. in Plb. 31.23.9; ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν SIG 1171.9 (Crete, perh. i B. C.); ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. ap. Sammelb. 5730 (iv/v A. D.); ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι PMag.Lond. 121.177; ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρʼ ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος Batr. 34; this usage is mentioned by AB 114, censured by Phot.

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