ἀσιτέω
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
A abstain from food, fast, E.Hipp.277, Pl.Smp.220a; ἀ. ἡμέρας δύο Arist.HA594b20. 2 have no appetite, Hp.Aph.2.32.
German (Pape)
[Seite 370] nicht essen, fasten, Eur. Hipp. 277; Plat. Conv. 220 a; Plut.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀσῑτέω: διατελῶ ἄνευ τροφῆς, ἀπέχομαι τροφῆς, νηστεύω, Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 277, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 220Α· ἀσ. ἡμέρας δύο Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 8. 5, 5. 2) δὲν ἔχω ὄρεξιν, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1245.
