abstinebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abstineo, abstinere, abstinui, abstentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withhold, keep away/clear; abstain, fast; refrain (from); avoid; keep hands of;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...horum aetatibus dignitatibusque et honoribus violandis dum abstinebatur, et ad reliquos similes conatus verecundia irae obstabat. Camillus identidem..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...terror fuit; paulatim totus vertere in plebem coepit; abstinebatur a patribus; in humiliores libidinose crudeliterque consulebatur. Hominum..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...clades, interfectos Romae Varrones, Egnatios, Iullos. nec domesticis abstinebatur: abducta Neroni uxor et consulti per ludibrium pontifices..."