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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "<b>feed on<\/b>, c. acc., only in pres. part., mostly of granivorous animals, λωτόν, κρῖ λευκόν, πυρὸν ἐρεπτόμενοι, <i>Il.<\/i> 2.776, 5.196, <i>Od.<\/i> 19.553, al. ; of men, λωτὸν ἐ. 9.97, <i>AP<\/i> 9.618 ; βότρυν <i>ib.<\/i> 7.20 ; of fish, δημὸν ἐ.<br\/><b>feeding on<\/b> the fat of a carcase, <i>Il.<\/i> 21.204. — Ep. Verb, used burlesquely by Ar. <i>Eq.<\/i> 1295, ἐρεπτόμενον τὰ τῶν ἐχόντων ; — <i>Act.<\/i>, ἐρέπτω <b>eat<\/b>, Nonn. <i>D.<\/i> 40.306 ; also causal, = τρέφω, Hsch."
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                    "description": "(nach Hesych. ἐρέπτω = τρέφω ; eigtl. rupfen, wie weidende Tiere, bes. Rinder fressen, grasen), nur part. pr., <i>fressen, verzehren<\/i>, gew. von Pflanzen fressenden Tieren, λωτόν, κρῖ λευκόν, πυρόν, <i>Il<\/i>. 2.776, 5.196, 7.564, <i>Od<\/i>. 19.553 ; δημόν, das Fett eines Leichnams, von Fischen, <i>Il<\/i>. 21.202 ; ψάμμον Opp. <i>H<\/i>. 1.96, von Menschen, λωτόν <i>Od<\/i>. 9.97, wie En. ad. 335 (IX.618); βότρυν Simon. 105 (VII.20). Dah. komisch, von Kleonymus, φασὶν αὐτὸν ἐρεπτόμενον τὰ τῶν ἀνέρων Ar. <i>Eq<\/i>. 1295."
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