* 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, 5813:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (v. Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†