abstineo
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ab- (“away from”) + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈsti.ne.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɪneoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈsti.ne.o/, [äbˈst̪iːneo]
Verb[edit]
abstineō (present infinitive abstinēre, perfect active abstinuī, supine abstentum); second conjugation
- I abstain.
- I keep, stay off or away, hold at a distance, avoid.
- (with nōn) I allow, let.
- Se ita dicere non abstinuit.
- He allowed himself to speak so/thus.
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Descendants[edit]
- Albanian: abstenoj, abstenim
- Catalan: abstenir
- → Dutch: abstineren
- Galician: abster
- Italian: astenere
- Norwegian Bokmål: abstinere
- Old French: abstenir, astenir
- Sicilian: astèniri
- Spanish: abstener
- Portuguese: abster
- Romanian: abține
References[edit]
- “abstineo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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