ἀποτρώγω
ἀπο-τρώγω, aor. 2
A). ἀπέτρᾰγον 1.224 , 6.864 , 9.27 :— bite or nibble off, πτόρθους 14 ; τὸ ἱππομανὲς ἀ. HA 605a4 ; γλῶτταν l.c., cf. l.c.: metaph., μισθοὺς ἀ. Ra. 367 , cf. 303 ; ἀ. τὸ ἀπορηθέν 'gulp down', 'bolt' the difficulty, i.e. pass it by without trying to get at the heart of the matter, Metaph. 1001a2 .
2). c. gen., nibble at, πόης 46.6 : metaph., τᾶς αὔλακος οὐκ ἀποτρώγεις, i.e. you don't gobble your swathe, 10 .
6). ἀπό-τρωκτος, ον, bitten off: metaph., with the end cut off by apocope, e.g. ἄλφι for ἄλφιτον, and s.v. ἄλφι.