Those fish that cling to the rocks; the lees of wine
Will make your head and senses clear, and thus
You'll find your health, and your estate too, better.
Men do, however, use ἀπεσθίω for to eat a portion of anything, as Hermippus does, in his Soldiers—
Alas! alas! he bites me now, he bites,
And quite devours (ἀπεσθίει) my ears.
61. The Syrian being convicted by these arguments, and being a good deal annoyed, said—But I see here on the table some pistachio nuts (ψιττάκια); and if you can tell me what author has ever spoken of them, I will give you, not ten golden staters, as that Pontic trifler has it, but this goblet. And as Democritus made no reply, he said, But since you cannot answer me, I will tell you; Nicander of Colophon, in his Theriacans, mentions them, and says—
Pistachio nuts (ψιττάκια) upon the highest branches,
Like almonds to the sight.
The word is also written βιστάκια, in the line—