ἀποτρώγω

A. ἀπέτραγον Ph. 1.224, Gal. 6.864, D.L. 9.27:— bite or nibble off, πτόρθους Eup. 14; τὸ ἱππομανὲς ἀ. Arist. HA 605a4; γλῶτταν Ph. l.c., cf. Gal. l.c.: metaph., μισθοὺς ἀ. Ar. Ra. 367, cf. Men. 303; ἀ. τὸ ἀπορηθέν 'gulp down', 'bolt' the difficulty, i.e. pass it by without trying to get at the heart of the matter, Arist. Metaph. 1001a2.

2. c. gen., nibble at, πόης Babr. 46.6: metaph., τᾶς αὔλακος οὐκ ἀποτρώγεις, i.e. you don't gobble your swathe, Theoc. 10.

6. ἀπό‐τρωκτος, ον, bitten off: metaph., with the end cut off by apocope, e.g. ἄλφι for ἄλφιτον, Hsch. and Suid. s.v. ἄλφι.