abstain
From LSJ
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι; see refrain.
abstain from: use verbs given with the gen.
abstain from food: P. and V. ἀσιτεῖν.