ἄσῑτ-ος, ον,
without food, fasting, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.788, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 324, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 24, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40, 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.; ἰχθύς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 29] Refs 8th c.BC+]. adverb -ως[[ “Mantissa Proverbiorum” 1.47: ἀσιτί LXX.Job.24.6. ] LXX]
__II of forbidden food, εὐωχία ἄ.[[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.398 (uncertain reading).] Refs 1st c.AD+]