nounăpŏcartĕrēsisAPOCARTERESIS☆ KeepMeaninga voluntary starvationLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879APOCARTERESISLEWIS & SHORTAPOCARTERESISăpŏcartĕrēsis, is, f., = ἀποκαρτέρησις, I. a voluntary starvation, Tert. Apol. 46 (in Quint. 8, 5, 23, written as Greek, Halm; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84).Read the whole entry