Νῆστις
faster; intestinum jejunum; fasting, hunger
Translated by Catharine Roth26 Sep 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] one who lacks food; also the intestine between the belly and the stomach.1
[sc. The word derives] from the privative particlenh and the [verb] e)/dein ["to eat"], he who is deprived of eating; or from the privative nh and the [noun] si=tos ["food"].2
"And Hunger, she who moistens the human race with bitter tears". [He is] speaking of water.3
[sc. The word derives] from the privative particle
"And Hunger, she who moistens the human race with bitter tears". [He is] speaking of water.3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νῆστις· ὁ ἄσιτος, καὶ τὸ μεταξὺ τῆς κοιλίας καὶ τοῦ στομάχου ἔντερον. παρὰ τὸ νη στερητικὸν μόριον καὶ τὸ ἔδειν, ὁ ἐστερημένος τοῦ ἔδειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ νη στερητικὸν καὶ τὸ σῖτος. Νῆστίς θ', ἣ δακρύοις γε πικροῖς νωμᾷ βρότειον γένος. τὸ ὕδωρ λέγων.
Betacode
*nh=stis: o( a)/sitos, kai\ to\ metacu\ th=s koili/as kai\ tou= stoma/xou e)/nteron. para\ to\ nh sterhtiko\n mo/rion kai\ to\ e)/dein, o( e)sterhme/nos tou= e)/dein, h)\ para\ to\ nh sterhtiko\n kai\ to\ si=tos. *nh=sti/s q', h(\ dakru/ois ge pikroi=s nwma=| bro/teion ge/nos. to\ u(/dwr le/gwn.
Notes (3)
- The headword can serve as both adjective and substantive: see LSJ.
cf. nu 345. - 1Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius nu202 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2Similar etymologies in Etymologicum Magnum, from Orion [Author, Myth] (via Herodian). ↩
- 3A loose (and unmetrical) approximation of the second line of Empedocles fr. 6 Diels. For the authentic version see Diogenes Laertius 8.76 (who adds this gloss). ↩
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Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- expanded n.3; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth