A.kill oneself by abstinence, starve oneself to death, Hp. Acut.56; Ἀποκαρτερῶν, title of work by Hegesias, Cic.Tusc.1.34.84, cf. Plu.Num.21, Luc.Macr.19; “-οῦντα ἀποθνῄσκειν” Phld.Mort.6; “ὥστε μᾶλλον ἂν θέλειν ἀποκαρτερεῖν ἢ τοῦτ᾽ ἀκούων καρτερεῖν” Com.Adesp.336.8; “οὐκ ἀπεκαρτέρησε . ., ἀλλ᾽ ἐκαρτέρησ᾽” Timocl.18.
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