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ἐμφᾰγεῖν

emphagein

eat, eat hastily, eat in

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What it meant

ἐμφᾰγεῖν · emphagein — LSJ

eat, eat hastily

eat, Eub. 89, J. AJ 9.4.5, Plu. Tim. 12, Ael. NA 5.29, Luc. Nigr. 22; esp. in X., eat hastily, ‘snatch a bite’, ἐμφαγόντες ὅ τι δύναιντο HG 4.5.8; ἐκέλευον αὐτοὺς ἐμφαγόντας πορεύεσθαι An. 4.2.1, cf. Cyr. 7.1.1, 8.1.44.

II eat in, upon

eat in or upon, χρυσὸς κοῖλος ἡμῖν ἐμφαγεῖν Luc. Nav. 20.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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