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