The ancients, too, used the word πάσασθαι for to
 taste. And so Phœnix says to Achilles, "You would not πάσασθαι anything in any one else's house. And in another place we
 find— When they ἐπάσαντο the entrails: for they only taste the entrails, so that a great multitude might have a taste of what exists in but a small quantity. And
 Priam says to Achilles—- Now I have tasted food, ( πασάμην. ) For it was natural for a man suffering under such calamities as his, only
 just to taste food, for his grief would not permit him to go so far as to satisfy
 his hunger. And therefore, he who did not touch food at all is called
 fasting, 
 ἄπαστος. But the poet never uses the word πάσασθαι of those who eat their fill; but in their case
 he uses words which express satiety:— But when their minds were pleased ( τάρφθεν )
 with wholesome food; and, When they had ceased to wish for meat and drink. But more modern writers use the word πάσασθαι for being satisfied. Callimachus says— I should like to satiate ( πάσασθαι ) myself with thyme; and Eratosthenes— They roasted their game in the ashes and ate it, ( ἐπάσαντο ) at least they all did who could
 get it.