• ĕdo,
ēdi, ēsum, 3 (
sup.:
esum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 13;
id. Men. 3, 1, 11;
id. Stich. 1, 3, 28:
esu, id. Ps. 3, 2, 35.—The contr. forms es, est, estis,
etc., are very
freq. in prose and poetry:
est, Verg. A. 4, 66;
5, 683;
Hor. S. 2, 2, 57:
esset, id. ib. 2, 6, 89;
Verg. G. 1, 151:
esse, Quint. 11, 3, 136;
Juv. 15, 102:
esto, Cato R. R. 156, 1.—Hence, also in the
pass.:
estur, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78;
id. Poen. 4, 2, 13;
Cels. 27, 3;
Ov. Pont. 1, 1, 69; and:
essetur, Varr. L. L. 5, § 106 Müll.—Archaic forms of the
subj. praes.:
edim, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16;
id. Trin. 2, 4, 73;
74; Caecil. and Pompon.
ap. Non. 507, 7:
edis, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 45;
id. Trin. 2, 4, 72:
edit, Cato R. R. 1, 56, 6;
1, 57, 9 sq.;
Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 1;
3;
id. Aul. 4, 6, 6;
id. Poen. prol. 9;
Hor. Epod. 3, 3;
id. S. 2, 8, 90:
edimus, Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 34:
editis, Nov. ap. Non. l. l.: edint, Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 22),
v. a. [Sanscr. ad-mi, eat; Gr. ἔδ-ω, ἐσθίω; Lat. edax, esca, esurio, etc.; cf. also Gr. ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- Aeol. plur. ἐδοντες, dens],
to eat (for
syn. cf.: comedo, vescor, pascor, devoro, haurio, mando, ceno, epulor).
- I. Lit.: ille ipse astat, quando edit, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 893; cf. so uncontr., Cic. Att. 13, 52: miserrimus est, qui cum esse cupit, quod edit non habet, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 3: ut de symbolis essemus, Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 2: mergi eos (sc. pullos) in aquam jussit, ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7 et saep.—
- 2. Prov.
- a. Multos modios salis simul edisse, to have eaten bushels of salt with another, i. e. to be old friends, Cic. Lael. 19.—
- b. De patella, i. e. to show contempt for religion (v. patella), Cic. Fin. 2, 7 fin.—
- c. Pugnos, to taste one's fists, i. e. to get a good drubbing, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 153.—
- B. Transf.
- 1. Bona, to squander, dissipate, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 29.—
- 2. Of inanimate subjects, qs. to eat up, i. e. to consume, destroy (poet.): ut mala culmos Esset robigo, Verg. G. 1, 151: carinas lentus vapor (i. e. flamma), id. A. 5, 683: corpora virus, Ov. Ib. 608 al.—
- II. Trop., to corrode, consume, devour (almost exclusively poet.): si quid est animum, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39; cf.: nimium libenter edi sermonem tuum, have devoured, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 1: nec te tantus edat tacitam dolor, Verg. A. 12, 801: nec edunt oblivia laudem, Sil. 13, 665 et saep.