ἀ- + νῆστις
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἄνηστις
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
anēstis
English translation (word)
fasting
Transliteration (Etymon)
a- + nēstis
English translation (etymon)
much + fasting
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, p. 108
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1848
Quotation
Ἄνηστις: Παρὰ τὸ ἔδω ἐστὸς ἔστις, ὡς πιστὸς πίστις, καὶ κατὰ σύνθεσιν ἄνεστις, καὶ ἄνηστις, ὁ ἄσιτος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ νῆστις, ἄνηστις, ὁ ἐστερημένος σιτίων, [ὁ] ἄγαν νῆστις.
Translation (En)
Anēstis "fasting". From edō "to eat", estos "eaten", *estis "eating", as from pistos "reliable" pistis "faith", and by composition *anestis, and anēstis, he who has not eaten. Or from nēstis "fasting", anēstis, the one deprived from food, the much (agan) fasting (nēstis) one
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Ἄνηστις is a recharacterized form of νῆστις, with the regular form of the privative prefix ἀν- before a vowel, as ἀνώνυμος next to the older νώνυμνος
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology. Instead of assuming that the /a/ is an addition that does not change the meaning of the etymon νῆστις (see ἄνηστις / νῆστις), the Et. Magnum assumes that it is the intensive prefix, as indicated by the gloss ἄγαν νῆστις. The etymology is identical with that found in the Genuinum and the Gudianum, save for this last addition, which changes the derivational etymology into a compositional one, and which seems to be by the compiler of the Et. Magnum