λῑμο-κτονέω,
treat by hunger, diet severely, starve, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 56, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 589a, LXX.Pro.10.3 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be severely dieted, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be starved to death, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 11.11.3, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 25. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]