ἐξεσθίω

A. eat away, eat up, ἐξέδεταί σου τοὔψον Ar. Eq. 1032, cf. Epimenid. 10; ἐκ τῶν πόλεων τὸ σκῖρον ἐξεδήδοκεν Id. V. 925; ἐὰν μή σ’ ἐκφάγω ἐκ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς Id. Eq. 698; ἐξεσθίουσι αὐτὰ (the grubs) αἱ μέλιτται Arist. HA 554b4, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.150.