νῆστις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=gen. ιος or ιδος<b class="b3">, ὁ</b> and ἡ (v. infr.); also dat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νήστει <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Acut.</span>60</span>: pl. νήστεις <span class="bibl">Antiph.138</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>9.16</span>: (νη-, ἔδω):—<b class="b2">not eating, fasting</b>, of persons, ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν νήστιας, ἀκμήνους <span class="bibl">Il.19.207</span>; νήστιες ἄχρι . . κνέφαος <span class="bibl">Od.18.370</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.43</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>15.32</span>, etc.; νήστισιν ἐπιθέντες οἱ πολέμιοι <span class="bibl">Onos.12.1</span>: c. gen., νῆστις βορᾶς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>973</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">νῆστιν ἀνὰ . . ψάμμαν</b> over the <b class="b2">hungry</b> sand, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>573</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> with an abstract Subst., freq. in A., νῆστιν νόσον <b class="b2">famine, Ag</b>. 1016 (lyr.); ν. λιμός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>250</span>; <b class="b3">νήστισιν αἰκίαις</b> the pains <b class="b2">of hunger, Pr</b>.<span class="bibl">599</span> (lyr.); νήστιδες δύαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>1621</span>; also <b class="b3">νῆστις ὀσμή</b> the bad breath <b class="b2">of one fasting</b>, <span class="bibl">Phryn.<span class="title">PS</span>p.91</span> B. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Act., <b class="b2">causing hunger, starving</b>, πνοαὶ νήστιδες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>193</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Subst., <b class="b3">νῆστις, ἡ,</b> acc. νῆστιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>318.3</span>, <span class="bibl">506.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Eub.110</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> the <b class="b2">intestinum jejunum</b>, from its always being found empty, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Carn.</span> 19</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>506.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Eub.63.5</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>675b33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ν. κεστρεύς</b>, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>156</span>, etc.: hence in Com., of 'empty bellies', ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδ' ἀποτρέχω <span class="bibl">Alex.256</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.307d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">Νῆστις, ἡ,</b> = [[ὕδωρ]], <span class="bibl">Emp.6.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.322</span>.</span>