νηστ-εία,ἡ,
A. fast,
νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί
Hdt. 4.186
, cf. LXX Is. 1.13 , Str. 16.2.40 , Act.Ap. 27.9 ; νηστείην φέρειν
Hp. Aph. 1.13
;νηστείας ὄζειν(cf. νῆστις
1.2
) Arist. Pr. 908b12 ; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, Ath. 7.307f , Alciphr. 3.39 , cf. PCair.Zen. 350.5
(iii B.C.).