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|Definition=gen. -ιος or ιδος, ὁ and ἡ (v. infr.); also dat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> νήστει Hp. ''Acut.''60: pl. νήστεις Antiph.138, D.H.''Rh.''9.16: (νη-, ἔδω):—[[not eating]], [[fasting]], of persons, ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν νήστιας, ἀκμήνους Il.19.207; νήστιες ἄχρι… κνέφαος Od.18.370, cf. Diocl.Fr.43, ''Ev.Matt.''15.32, etc.; νήστισιν ἐπιθέντες οἱ πολέμιοι Onos.12.1: c. gen., νῆστις βορᾶς E.''IT''973: metaph., <b class="b3">νῆστιν ἀνὰ… ψάμμαν</b> over the [[hungry]] sand, A.''Pr.''573 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> with an abstract Subst., freq. in A., νῆστιν νόσον [[famine]], [[Ag]]. 1016 (lyr.); ν. λιμός ''Ch.''250; <b class="b3">νήστισιν αἰκίαις</b> the pains [[of hunger]], [[Pr]].599 (lyr.); νήστιδες δύαι ''Ag.''1621; also <b class="b3">νῆστις ὀσμή</b> the bad breath [[of one fasting]], Phryn.''PS''p.91 B.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Act., [[causing hunger]], [[starving]], πνοαὶ νήστιδες A.''Ag.''193 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], <b class="b3">νῆστις, ἡ,</b> acc. νῆστιν Ar.''Fr.''318.3, 506.4, Eub.110.<br><span class="bld">1</span> the [[intestinum jejunum]], from its always being found empty, Hp.''Carn.'' 19, Ar.''Fr.''506.4, Eub.63.5 (anap.), cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''675b33.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ν. κεστρεύς</b>, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, Ar.''Fr.''156, etc.: hence in Com., of 'empty bellies', ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδ' ἀποτρέχω Alex.256, etc., cf. Ath.7.307d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">Νῆστις, ἡ,</b> = [[ὕδωρ]], Emp.6.3, cf. Alex.322.

|elrutext='''νῆστις:''' ιος и ῐδος adj. [νη + [[ἔδω]]<br /><b class="num">1</b> (тж. ν. βορᾶς Eur.) ничего не евший, голодный (νήστιες [[ἄχρι]] κνέφαος Hom.);<br /><b class="num">2</b> [[возбуждающий или причиняющий голод]] (πνοαί Aesch.): ν. [[νόσος]] Aesch. голод (вследствие неурожая); νήστιες αἰκίαι Aesch. мучительный голод; νήστιδες δύαι Aesch. бедствия, приносимые голодом.