νήστης
From LSJ
Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A one who is fasting, on an empty stomach, Semon.38, Arist.Fr.232, Matro Conv.10; ταῦτα νήστῃ δίδου πιεῖν POxy.1088.44 (i A.D.), cf. SIG1171.9 (Lebena), PLit.Lond. 171 (iii A.D.). II = staminarius, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 254] ὁ, der Fastende, sp. Form für νῆστις, Matron Ath. III, 134 f.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νήστης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ νηστεύων, σπάνιος τύπος ἀντὶ τοῦ νῆστις, Σιμωνίδ. Ἰαμβογρ. 34, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 223 Μάτρων παρ’ Ἀθην. 134F.
