A.“-ιῶ” LXXNu.11.4:—feed by putting little bits into the mouth, as nurses do to children, Ar.Th.692, Lys.19, Hp.Morb. 4.54; or sick people, Id.Epid.7.3; “ψ. τινά τι” LXX l. c.:—Pass., ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ . . , οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, Ar.Eq. 715.
II. give food by hand, “σῖτον οὐδ᾽ ἐάν τις ψωμίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν” Arist.HA592a30; bestow for food, “ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα” 1 Ep.Cor.13.3.
2. bait, “ἄγκιστρον” PFay.2 iii 14 (Lyr.Adesp.).