Asitia
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Asitia grece ieiunia asitos ieiunus.
Apparatus:
asitos B f | assitos AC | unde asyros e {‘y’ interchanged with ‘i’; ‘t’ misread as ‘r’}
ieiunus (-us B) ABC e | ieiunous f
Translation:
Asitia {noun} is Greek for “fasting”, asitos {adjective} means the same.
Commentary:
Greek ἀσιτία /asitía/ means “want of food; abstinence from food; want of appetite” (LSJ); ἄσιτος /ásitos/ is the pertinent adjective. They are both forms consisting of ἀ- /a-/ {“un-, non”} + a derivative of e.g σιτέω /sitéō/ “take food, eat”.