FASTING Copy link • FASTING 1. s. inedia (general term for not eating): inedia imperata (ordered; e.g., by a physician): fames (as a method of cure): jejunium (e.g., jejunio vexare aegrum, Cels., 2, 3, 18, extr.). To subdue one’s appetite by fasting, se longis jejuniis domare (after illos longa domant inopi jejunia victu; Ov.). 2. adj., e.g., fasting-day; Vid: FAST.