διὰ νήσων τὸν πλόον ἐποιεῦντο → they kept sailing through the islands
fasting: P. and V. ἄσιτος, V. νῆστις βορᾶς.
be hungry, v.: P. and V. πεινῆν (Sophocles, Fragment and Euripides, Fragment).
greedy, adj.: V. λάβρος; see greedy.
ravening: V. κοιλογάστωρ, ὠμηστής, ὠμόσιτος.