pĕr-ĕdo, ēdi, ēsum, 3, v. a., to eat up, consume (poet.).
I Lit.: cibum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 893 P.: quinque panes et gemellos pisces, Prud. Cath. 9, 58.—
B Transf., to consume , devour , etc.: nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam, Hor. C. 3, 4, 75: lacrimae peredere umore exsangues genas, old poet in Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26 (Trag. Rel. p. 225 Rib.): vesco sale saxa peresa, Lucr. 1, 326: saxa, Tib. 1, 4, 14 (18): morbo peresa Vellera, Verg. G. 3, 561. —
II Trop., to consume , waste away , etc.: quos durus amor crudeli tabe peredit, Verg. A. 6, 442: languoribus peresus, Cat. 55, 31.