abstineo
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ab- (“away from”) + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /abˈsti.ne.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈsti.ne.o/, [äbˈst̪iːneo]
Verb
[edit]abstineō (present infinitive abstinēre, perfect active abstinuī, supine abstentum); second conjugation
- to abstain
- to keep, stay off or away, hold at a distance, avoid
- (with nōn) to allow, let
- Se ita dicere non abstinuit.
- He allowed himself to speak so/thus.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of abstineō (second conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Albanian: abstenoj, abstenim
- Catalan: abstenir
- → Dutch: abstineren
- Galician: abster
- Italian: astenere
- Norwegian Bokmål: abstinere
- Old French: abstenir, astenir
- Portuguese: abster
- Romanian: abține
- Sicilian: astèniri
- Spanish: abstener
References
[edit]- “abstineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abstineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abstineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to refrain from doing a wrong, an injustice: iniuria abstinere (Off. 3. 17. 72)
- to never appear in public: publico carere, se abstinere
- to abstain from all nourishment: cibo se abstinere
- to refrain from doing a wrong, an injustice: iniuria abstinere (Off. 3. 17. 72)
- abstineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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