fasting (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. jējūnium (esp. in religious sense)2. ĭnĕdia3. abstĭnentia • fasting (subs.): 1. jējūnium (esp. in religious sense): v. fast. Phr.: (a book) on f., de jejuniis, Tert. 2. ĭnĕdia: killed by want of sleep and f., vigiliis et in. necatus, Cic.: to commit suicide by f., inedia vitam finire, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1. 3. abstĭnentia: to alleviate a fever by rest and f., febrem quiete et abs. mitigare, Quint.: to commit suicide by f., vitam abstinentia finire, Tac. Ann. 4, 35.
fasting (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. jējūnus2. impransus, i. e., without having taken breakfast • fasting (adj.): 1. jējūnus: f. and tired bodies, j. et fessa corpora, Liv.: a f. stomach, j. stomachus, Hor.: I had been f., j. fueram, Cic. 2. impransus, i. e., without having taken breakfast: here f. (before you have broken fast) study with me, hic mecum impr. disquirite, Hor. S. 2, 2, 7: upbraided by the voice of the f. teacher, impr. voce correptus magistri, Hor. S. 2, 3, 257. In both these cases the word means temperately fed, rather than strictly fasting.
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.