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
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..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...abstinueramus ex foedere, sicut nunc Sagunto non abstinemus; vicerunt ergo di hominesque et, id de quo verbis ambigebatur..."