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καταφᾰγεῖν

kataphagein

devour, eat up

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καταφᾰγεῖν · kataphagein — LSJ

devour, eat up

devour, eat up, αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ τέκνʼ ἔφαγε Il. 2.317, cf. Hdt. 2.141 (tm.), 3.25, Eup. 352, Luc. Merc.Cond. 17.

2 spend in eating, waste

spend in eating, waste, μή τοι κατὰ πάντα φάγωσι κτήματα Od. 3.315, 15.12; τὴν πατρῴαν οὐσίαν Aeschin. 1.96; πατρῴαν γῆν Men. 349.4.

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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