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abstemius
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : abs-tēmĭus, a, um, cf. temetum and temulentus
* Abstaining from intoxicating drinks, temperate, sober, ἄοινος.
* Lit.: sicca atque abstemia, Lucil. ap. Non. 68, 30: mulieres, Varr. ap. Non. ib.: vina fugit gaudetque meris abstemius undis,Ov. M. 15, 323 al.—Hence
* In gen.: i. q. sobrius, temperate, abstinent, moderate: abstemius, herbis vivis et urticā,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7.—Pleon.: mulieres vini abstemiae,Plin. 22, 24, 54, § 115.
* In later Lat. = jejunus, who is yet fasting, has not breakfasted, Aus. Idyll. praef. 11.
* Abstaining from intoxicating drinks, temperate, sober, ἄοινος.
* Lit.: sicca atque abstemia, Lucil. ap. Non. 68, 30: mulieres, Varr. ap. Non. ib.: vina fugit gaudetque meris abstemius undis,Ov. M. 15, 323 al.—Hence
* In gen.: i. q. sobrius, temperate, abstinent, moderate: abstemius, herbis vivis et urticā,Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7.—Pleon.: mulieres vini abstemiae,Plin. 22, 24, 54, § 115.
* In later Lat. = jejunus, who is yet fasting, has not breakfasted, Aus. Idyll. praef. 11.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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