abstemius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abstemius, abstemia, abstemium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abstemious, abstaining from drink; sober, temperate; moderate; fasting; saving;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...posterior a spectando est, s litteram tertiae dabit, "abstemius", quia ex abstinentia temeti composita vox est, primae relinquet..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sitim de fonte levavit, vina fugit gaudetque meris abstemius undis, seu vis est in aqua calido contraria vino..."