eat, devour, eat of
eat, devour, both of men and beasts, freq. in Hom.; ἀζηχὲς φαγέμεν καὶ πιέμεν Od. 18.3, cf. 15.378, Pl. Lg. 831e; reversely, πιόντα ἢ φαγόντα Id. Prt. 314a, cf. Phd. 81b, E. Cyc. 336 (dub. l.): mostly c. acc., Il. 21.127, 24.411, etc.: c. gen., eat of a thing, Od. 9.102, 15.373; ὄρνιθος ὄρνις πῶς ἂν ἁγνεύοι φαγών; A. Supp. 226; ἀπό τινος LXX Ge. 2.16.
II eat up, devour, squander
eat up, devour, squander, Od. 2.76, 4.33. (Cf. παματοφαγέω and Skt. bhájati ‘apportion, (Med.) enjoy’.)