edō (1) 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.