The corpus record

κατέδω

katedo

eat up, devour

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Where it lives

Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Jeremias 4 · 1.44/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Exodus 3 · 1.27/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Isaias 3 · 1.14/10k
Leviticus 2 · 1.07/10k
Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
Deuteronomium 2 · 0.89/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

κατέδω · katedō — LSJ

eat up, devour, eat up, eating

= κατεσθίω, eat up, devour, μυίας αἵ ῥά τε φῶτας . . κατέδουσιν Il. 19.31; εὐλαὶ . . φῶτας ἀρηϊφάτους κ. 24.415: metaph., οἶκον, βίοτον, κτῆσιν κ., eat up house, goods, etc., Od. 2.237, 19.159, 534; ὃν θυμὸν κατέδων eating oneʼs heart for grief, Il. 6.202:— later in Pass . . ὑπὸ ὄφεως κατέδεσθαι Arist. Fr. 145.—For fut. κατέδομαι and other tenses, v. κατεσθίω.

In the wild

κατέδομαι · katedomai Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 853)
κατέδονται · katedontai Aristophanes, Birds 590 (DIORISIS sentence 481)
κατέδονται · katedontai Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 480)
κατέδεσθον · katedesthon Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 795)
κατέδουσιν · katedousin Iliad 19.31
κατέδονται · katedontai Iliad 22.89

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Where it came from

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