Unlike the generic esthio ('to eat'), trogo carries a vivid, almost onomatopoeic quality -- originally describing the gnawing and munching of animals, then extended to human eating of raw vegetables and fruit. Its New Testament usage is concentrated in John 6, where Jesus declares 'whoever trogo my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life' (John 6:54). The deliberate choice of this visceral verb over esthio (used earlier in the same discourse) intensifies the scandalous physicality of Jesus' Bread of Life teaching. Matthew 24:38 uses it of people 'eating and drinking' before the flood, emphasizing their mundane, embodied obliviousness. Spanish masticar/comer and French macher ('to chew') reflect the tactile, physical nuance.