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