νῆστις

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁d -tis (literally “having no eating”). Cognate with Old Armenian նօթի (nōtʻi, “hungry”). By surface analysis, νη- (nē-) +‎ ἔδω (édō) +‎ -τις (-tis).

νῆστις • (nêstis) m or f; third declension

Third declension of νῆστῐς; νήστῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νῆστῐς nêstĭs	νήστῐε nḗstĭe	νήστεις nḗsteis
Genitive	νήστῐος / νήστηος nḗstĭos / nḗstēos	νηστῐ́οιν / νηστῐ́οιῐν nēstĭ́oi(ĭ)n	νηστῐ́ων nēstĭ́ōn
Dative	νήστῐῐ / νήστῑ / νήστηῐ̈ / νήστει nḗstĭĭ / nḗstī / nḗstēĭ̈ / nḗstei	νηστῐ́οιν / νηστῐ́οιῐν nēstĭ́oi(ĭ)n	νηστῐ́εσσῐ / νηστῐ́εσσῐν / νήστεσῐ / νήστεσῐν / νήστῐσῐ / νήστῐσῐν nēstĭ́essĭ(n) / nḗstesĭ(n) / nḗstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	νῆστῐν nêstĭn	νήστῐε nḗstĭe	νήστῐᾰς / νήστηᾰς / νήστῑς nḗstĭăs / nḗstēăs / nḗstīs
Vocative	νῆστῐ nêstĭ	νήστῐε nḗstĭe	νήστεις nḗsteis
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ νῆστῐς; τοῦ, τῆς νήστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ νῆστῐς ho, hē nêstĭs	τὼ νήστῐδε tṑ nḗstĭde	οἱ, αἱ νήστῐδες hoi, hai nḗstĭdes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς νήστῐδος toû, tês nḗstĭdos	τοῖν νηστῐ́δοιν toîn nēstĭ́doin	τῶν νηστῐ́δων tôn nēstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ νήστῐδῐ tōî, tēî nḗstĭdĭ	τοῖν νηστῐ́δοιν toîn nēstĭ́doin	τοῖς, ταῖς νήστῐσῐ / νήστῐσῐν toîs, taîs nḗstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν νήστῐδᾰ tòn, tḕn nḗstĭdă	τὼ νήστῐδε tṑ nḗstĭde	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς νήστῐδᾰς toùs, tā̀s nḗstĭdăs
Vocative	νῆστῐς nêstĭs	νήστῐδε nḗstĭde	νήστῐδες nḗstĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

The Gospel of Mark 8:3:
καὶ ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστεις εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, ἐκλυθήσονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· τινὲς γὰρ αὐτῶν μακρόθεν ἥκασι.
kaì eàn apolúsō autoùs nḗsteis eis oîkon autôn, ekluthḗsontai en tēî hodōî; tinès gàr autôn makróthen hḗkasi.
- Translation by KJV
  And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

νῆστις • (nêstis) f (genitive νήστεως); third declension

Third declension of ἡ νῆστῐς; τῆς νήστεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῆστῐς hē nêstĭs	τὼ νήστει tṑ nḗstei	αἱ νήστεις hai nḗsteis
Genitive	τῆς νήστεως tês nḗsteōs	τοῖν νηστέοιν toîn nēstéoin	τῶν νήστεων tôn nḗsteōn
Dative	τῇ νήστει tēî nḗstei	τοῖν νηστέοιν toîn nēstéoin	ταῖς νήστεσῐ / νήστεσῐν taîs nḗstesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν νῆστῐν tḕn nêstĭn	τὼ νήστει tṑ nḗstei	τᾱ̀ς νήστεις tā̀s nḗsteis
Vocative	νῆστῐ nêstĭ	νήστει nḗstei	νήστεις nḗsteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.