to eat

Greek Verb

τρώγω 1) prop, of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom, al.). 2) Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt, al.). 3) In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv). (AS)

to eat

Greek Verb

τρώγω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future τρώξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἔτρωξα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive τράγῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, perfect τέτρωγμαι (δια-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], (παρεν-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—gnaw, nibble, munch, especially of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of men, eat vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος [ὢν] τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγετα; [Refs 5th c.BC+] drink and eat dessert, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) later, simply eat, serving as present to ἔφαγον instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα [LXX+NT] when cited in [NT]; δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι [Refs]; this usage is mentioned by [Refs 9th c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

or perhaps rather of a base of g5167 (τρυγών) and g5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat; eat; probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of g5134 (τραῦμα) and g5147 (τρίβος) through the idea of corrosion or wear