Devour Consume Destroy

κατεσθίω, poetry and later κατερῡκ-έσθω NT+5th c.BC+ (passive, 1.5, Refs 4th c.AD+: future κατέδομαι Refs 8th c.BC+aorist κατέφαγον (see. καταφαγεῖν): perfect κατεδήδοκα Refs; participle κατὰ.. ἐδηδώς Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, perfect κατεδήδεσμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist κατηδέσθην Refs 5th c.BC+:—eat up, devour, in Refs 8th c.BC+ frequently of animals of prey, λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς Refs 8th c.BC+; of a serpent, [νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε Refs 8th c.BC+; of a dolphin, κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; also of men, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς.. ἤσθιον Refs 8th c.BC+; τοὺς γονέας Refs 5th c.BC+; κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχαν᾽ Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 eat up, devour one's substance, τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 corrode, [ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους Refs 5th c.BC+; λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος Pl.[same place],Refs 5th c.BC+; of the wind, κ. τὰ ἄνθη Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, to be gnawed, Refs __4 bite, τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς Refs 2nd c.AD+ __5 κ. ἑαυτόν, metaphorically, of remorse, Refs 4th c.AD+