ABSTINEO, abstineo
Sounds Like: ab-STIN-eh-oh
Translations: I hold back, I keep away, I abstain, I refrain, I withhold
From the root: ABSTINEO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: Abstineo is a Latin verb meaning to hold back, keep away, or abstain from something. It is often used with an ablative case to indicate what one is refraining from. It can also mean to withhold something from someone.
Inflection: First person singular, Present Active Indicative
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ABSTINEO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ABSTINETE — abstain!, refrain!, keep away!
- ABSTINUERIT — he/she/it will have abstained, he/she/it may have abstained, he/she/it should have abstained, he/she/it might have abstained
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