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): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†

(AS)

to gnaw, munch, crunch; to eat