ăd-ĕdo — Lewis & Short
ăd-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum (less correctly, adessum), 3, v. a. (adest = adedit,
Luc. 6, 265; cf. ĕdo),I to begin to eat, to bite, to nibble at, to gnaw, etc.—As verb finite very rare, and mostly poet.; not found in prose of Cic.
I Prop.:
angues duo ex occulto allapsi adedere jecur,Liv. 25, 16, 2; so,
adeso jecinore,Val. Max. 1, 6, 8:
favos,Verg. G. 4, 242.—Hence metaph. of fire:
cum me supremus adederit ignis,Ov. Am. 1, 15, 41:
flamma plurima postibus haesit adesis,Verg. A. 9, 537.—
II In an enlarged sense (as a consequence of a continued biting, gnawing, etc.; and hence only in the perf. or part. pass.; cf.: accīdo, absumo, abrumpo), to eat up, to consume entirely: frumento adeso, quod ex areis in oppidum portatum est, Sisenn. ap. Non. 70, 32; so,
extis adesis,Liv. 1, 7, 13;
pisces ex parte adesi,Quint. 6, 3, 90: and metaph., to use up, to consume, waste (as money, strength, etc.):
non adesa jam, sed abundante etiam pecunia,Cic. Quint. 12:
adesis fortunis omnibus,Tac. A. 13, 21:
bona adesa,id. H. 1, 4:
adesus cladibus Asdrubal,Sil. 13, 680.—Hence, ădēsus, a, um, P. a., eaten, gnawed; hence poet., worn away, esp. by water:
adesi lapides,smooth, polished, Hor. C. 3, 29, 36 (after Theocr. 22, 49; ou(\s potamo\s perie/cese):
scopulus,Ov. H. 10, 26: sale durus adeso caseus, poet. for sale adesus caseus, Verg. Mor. 98.