ABSTINETE, abstinete
Sounds Like: ab-STIN-eh-teh
Translations: abstain!, refrain!, keep away!
From the root: ABSTINEO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb in the imperative mood, used to give a command or instruction to multiple people. It means to hold oneself back from something, to refrain, or to keep away from. For example, one might say 'Abstinete a malo' meaning 'Refrain from evil'.
Inflection: Second Person Plural, Present Active Imperative
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:1
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.
- ABSTINEO — I hold back, I keep away, I abstain, I refrain, I withhold
- 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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