ἔδεσμα

A. meat, food, Pl. Ti. 73a, Antiph. 26.10: pl., eatables, meats, Batr. 31, X. Hier. 1.23, Pl. R. 559b, Antiph. 82.1, Porph. Abst. 1.55: metaph., οὐ γὰρ ἡδύσματι χρῆται ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐδέσματι τοῖς ἐπιθέτοις Arist. Rh. 1406a19:—Dim. ἐδεσμάτιον, τό, Procl.ad Hes. Op. 41.