A.that which is eaten, food, meat, Hp. VM6, Th.4.26, al.: metaph., Ar.Fr.333: freq. in pl., Hp.VM3, Antiph.246, Pl.Criti.115b, etc.; opp. ὄψα, Sosip.1.30.
2. moth-eating, in pl., LXX Ep.Je.12.
III. pl., filth, ordure, prob. in Ev.Marc.7.19; cf. βρῶμος (B).