Quick Definition
ἀσιτία, ας, ἡ n.f. abstinence, a fast
Strong's Definition
from 777; fasting (the state)
KJV Usage: abstinence
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἀ- + σῖτος
23.32 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
without food, without desiring food a state of having been without food, frequently with the implication of being caused by a lack of appetite
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσιτία, -ας, ἡ, (ἄσιτος 4. V.), abstinence from food (whether voluntary or enforced): πολλή long, Acts xxvil. 21. (Hat. 3, 52; Eur. Suppl. 1105; [Aristot. probl. 10,35; eth. Nic. 10 p. 1180°, 9]; Joseph. antt. 12, 7; al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσιτία asitia 1x
abstinence from food, fasting, Acts 27:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀσιτία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄσιτος),
fasting, abstinence from food: Ac 27:21.†
SYN.: νηστεία (MM, ut infr.).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσιτία. We can only add to the literary record the late P Ryl I. 108 (cf. #2), a hagiographical fragment of vi/A.D., containing a discourse by a saint condemned to death by starvation—&v’ ὃν τὴν ἀσιτίαν κατεκρίθην. See next article.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀσιτία (asitia) — fasting. ἀσῑτ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, want of food, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. abstinence from food, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. want of appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+]