διεσθίω · diesthiō — LSJ
eat through
eat through, δ. τὴν μητέρα (v.l. μήτραν), of young vipers, Hdt. 3.109, cf. Arist. HA 558a30.
II consume, corrode
consume, corrode, Hp. l.c., Plu. l.c.: metaph., D.L. 5.76:—Med., τὴν ψυχήν Ph. 2.541.
The corpus record
διεσθίω
diesthio
eat through
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Where it lives
- On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- διεσθίοντος · diesthiontos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 4465)
- διαφάγῃ · diaphagēi Herodotus, Histories 3.109.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3710)
- διεσθίει · diesthiei Herodotus, Histories 3.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3712)
- διαφαγόντα · diaphagonta Herodotus, Histories 3.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3712)
- διεσθίεται · diesthietai Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease 11 (DIORISIS sentence 158)
Where it came from
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