ΤΡΏΓΩ: * τρώγω 1. . prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.).
2. . Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.).
3. . In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mt 24:38, Jo 6:54, 56, 57, 58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (v. Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†