abstain

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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)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb intransitive

P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι; see refrain.

abstain from: use verbs given with the gen.

abstain from food: P. and V. ἀσιτεῖν.