νῆστις
νῆστις
νῆστις, ιος, ὁ,
νη-, ἐσθίω
not eating, fasting, of persons, Hom.; c. gen., νῆστις βορᾶς Eur.:—metaph., νῆστιν ἀνὰ ψάμμον over the hungry sand, Aesch.
νῆστις νόσος, λιμός hungry famine, Aesch.; νήστισιν αἰκίαις the pains of hunger, Aesch.; νήστιδες δύαι Aesch.
act. causing hunger, starving, πνοιαὶ νήστιδες Aesch.