abstinemus
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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...facile descensura, facile reditura. Indein omnem vitam unguento abstinemus, quoniam optimus odor in corpore estnullus. Inde vino carens..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...abstinueramus ex foedere, sicut nunc Sagunto non abstinemus; vicerunt ergo di hominesque et, id de quo verbis ambigebatur..."