absto
From LSJ
τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί → in war, opportunities won't wait | the chances of war will not wait (Thucydides 1.142.2)
Latin > English
absto abstare, absteti, abstatus V :: stand at a distance, stand off; keep at a distance
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-sto: āre, 1, v. n.,
I to stand off or at a distance from, to stand aloof: si longius abstes, Hor. A. P. 361.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abstō,¹⁶ āre, intr., être éloigné, être placé à distance : Hor. P. 362 || abstandus Pl. Trin. 263, on doit le tenir à l’écart [v. Gaffiot, 1929b, p. 226].
Latin > German (Georges)
ab-sto, āre, abstehen = entfernt stehen, longius (Ggstz. propius stare), Hor. de art. poët. 362: abstandus est, er muß fern stehen, Plaut. trin. 264.
