νῆστις

nestis

not eating, fasting

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 3
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Book VIII 3
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591a25
591b3

Chapter 6 595a7–595b3

595a22
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 14 674a9–676a5

675b34
676a4
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 409a31–411b30

410a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

νῆστις, gen. ιος or ιδος, ὁ and ἡ (v. infr.); also dat. νήστει Hp. Acut. 60: pl. νήστεις Antiph. 138, D.H. Rh. 9.16: (νη-, ἔδω):—A. 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., νῆστιν ἀνὰ . . ψάμμαν over the hungry sand, A. Pr. 573 (lyr.). 2. with an abstract Subst., freq. in A., νῆστιν νόσον famine, Ag. 1016 (lyr.); ν. λιμός Ch. 250; νήστισιν αἰκίαις the pains of hunger, Pr.599 (lyr.); νήστιδες δύαι Ag. 1621; also νῆστις ὀσμή the bad breath of one fasting, Phryn. PSp.91 B. 3. Act., causing hunger, starving, πνοαὶ νήστιδες A. Ag. 193 (lyr.). II. as Subst., νῆστις, ἡ, acc. νῆστιν Ar. Fr. 318.3, 506.4, Eub. 110. 1. the intestinum jejunum, from its always being found empty, Hp. Carn. 19, Ar. Fr. 506.4, Eub. 63.5 (anap.), cf. Arist. PA 675b33. 2. ν. κεστρεύς, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, Ar. Fr. 156, etc.: hence in Com., of ‘empty bellies’, ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδʼ ἀποτρέχω Alex. 256, etc., cf. Ath. 7.307d. 3. Νῆστις, ἡ, = ὕδωρ, Emp. 6.3, cf. Alex. 322.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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