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ἐδωδή , ἡ,
A.food, meat, victuals, Il.19.167, Od.3.70, Hp.Acut.47, X. Hier.1.19, etc.; “ἐ. καὶ πόσις” Pl.Lg.782e, cf. R.350a, al.: pl., τῶν . . περὶ ἐδωδὰς ἡδονῶν ib.389e, cf. 519b.
2. forage, fodder for cattle, Il.8.504.
3. bait for fish, Theoc.21.43.
II. act of eating, “ὀδόντας ἔχει . . ἐδωδῆς χάριν” Arist.PA683a4; τῇ ἐ. τοῦ βοὸς [χαίρε<*>] ὁ λέων Id.EN1118a20; “πουλύποδος” Jul.Or.6.181a, al.
2. meal, “ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἐ.” Arist.HA596a4.
3. [ἀετὸς] ἀχθόμενος τῇ ἐ. wearied with feeding the young birds, ib.563a22.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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