ēsĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [1. edo], to be wont to eat, to eat (ante- and post-class.): brassicam, Cato R. R. 157, 10 (cited in Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 83; Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 85; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; Gell. 4, 11, 1 and 9.