edō ēdī, ēsus, ere, or ēsse (ēst for edit; ēsses, ēsset, for ederes, etc., V., H., O., Iu.; ēstur, O.

—Subj: edit for edat, H.; edint, C.) ED-, to eat, consume: de symbolis, T.: ut biberent, quoniam esse nollent: ut edint de patellā, i. e. offerings to the gods: amor edendi, hunger, V. (cf. edendum).

—Prov.: multos modios salis simul edendos esse (in a long friendship).

—Of things, to eat up, consume, destroy: ut mala culmos Ēsset robigo, V.: carinas lentus vapor (i. e. flamma), V.

—Fig., to corrode, consume, devour: si quid ēst animum, H.: Nec te tantus edat tacitam dolor, V.