νηστεία
From LSJ
Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this life – rather, it is just a corpse with a soul
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί Hdt.4.186, cf. LXXIs.1.13, Str. 16.2.40, Act.Ap.27.9; νηστείην φέρειν Hp.Aph.1.13; νηστείας ὄζειν (cf. νῆστις 1.2) Arist.Pr.908b12; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, Ath.7.307f, Alciphr.3.39, cf. PCair.Zen.350.5 (iii B.C.).
