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
- M
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..." - P
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..."