abstemius
Latin
Etymology
From abs + the root of tēmētum (“any intoxicating drink”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /apˈsteː.mi.us/, [apˈsteː.mi.ʊs]
Adjective
abstēmius (feminine abstēmia, neuter abstēmium); first/second declension
- abstaining from wine, abstemious; sober
- temperate, abstinent, moderate
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | abstēmius | abstēmia | abstēmium | abstēmiī | abstēmiae | abstēmia | |
| genitive | abstēmiī | abstēmiae | abstēmiī | abstēmiōrum | abstēmiārum | abstēmiōrum | |
| dative | abstēmiō | abstēmiō | abstēmiīs | ||||
| accusative | abstēmium | abstēmiam | abstēmium | abstēmiōs | abstēmiās | abstēmia | |
| ablative | abstēmiō | abstēmiā | abstēmiō | abstēmiīs | |||
| vocative | abstēmie | abstēmia | abstēmium | abstēmiī | abstēmiae | abstēmia | |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: abstemious
- Portuguese: abstémio
- Spanish: abstemio
References
- abstemius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abstemius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- abstemius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- abstemius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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