νηστεύω
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English (LSJ)
A fast, Ar.Av.1519, Th.949, Ev.Matt.6.16, etc.; νηστεύσαντες, opp. ἐδηδοκότες, Arist.PA676a1. 2 c. gen., abstain from, κακότητος Emp.144.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νηστεύω: ἀπέχομαι ἀπὸ τροφῆς, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1519, Θεσμ. 949· νηστεύσας, ἀντίθετ. τῷ ἐδηδοκώς, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 3. 14, 26. 2) μετὰ γενικ., ἀπέχομαί τινος, κακότητος Ἐμπεδ. 454.
French (Bailly abrégé)
jeûner.
Étymologie: νῆστις.
English (Strong)
from νῆστις; to abstain from food (religiously): fast.
English (Thayer)
future νηστεύσω; 1st aorist (infinitive νηστεῦσαι (T WH Tr text)), participle νηστεύσας; (from νῆστις, which see); to fast (Vulg. and ecclesiastical writings jejano), i. e. to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, R G; νηστευει συνεχῶς καί ἄρτον ἐσθίει μόνον μετά ἁλατος καί τό πότον αὐτοῦ ὕδωρ, Acta Thom. § 20. (Aristophanes, Plutarch, mor., p. 626f; Aelian v. h. 5,20; (Josephus, contra Apion 1,34, 5 (where see Müller)); the Sept. for צוּן.)
