διεσθίω

A. ‐έδομαι Plu. 2.170a: aor. διέφαγον Hp. Mul. 1.2:— eat through, δ. τὴν μητέρα (v.l. μήτραν), of young vipers, Hdt. 3.109, cf. Arist. HA 558a30.

II. consume, corrode, Hp. l. c., Plu. l. c.: metaph., D.L. 5.76:—Med., τὴν ψυχήν Ph. 2.541.