PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
āhāratthaṁ
Āhāratthaṁ,[āhāra + tta] the state of being food. In the idiom āhārattaṇ pharati; Vin.I,199,of medicine,“to penetrate into food-ness” ,to come under the category of food; Miln.152,of poison,to turn into food. [According to Oldenberg (Vin.I,381) his MSS read about equally °attaṁ and °atthaṁ. Trenckner prints °atthaṁ,and records no variant (see p. 425)]. (Page 117)