abstinuissem
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. pluperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hercle hoc ego oculo utor minus, nam si abstinuissem amare, tamquam hoc uterer. sed nimis morantur..."Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...temperassem uino in unum diem, non milites meos abstinuissem? et ne ego me solus nimia simplicitate tuear, ipse..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...iterum amicis, foro et negotiis non abstinuissem. Addidi hunc ordinem me et in scribendo sequi, ut necessitates voluptatibus..."