abstinentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →abstinens, abstinentis (gen.), abstinentior -or -us, abstinentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abstinent, temperate; showing restraint, self restrained; not covetous; chaste;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...vehiculo lapsus properantem spiritum excussit, cibus avidum strangulavit, abstinentem frugalitas. Si bene calculum ponas, ubique naufragium..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...cuncta praedixerant; pater quoque super cenam quondam fungis abstinentem palam irriserat ut ignarum sortis suae, quod non ferrum..."
