abstain

From LSJ

ἤτοι ἐμοὶ τρεῖς μὲν πολὺ φίλταταί εἰσι πόληες Ἄργός τε Σπάρτη τε καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη → The three cities I love best are Argos, Sparta, and Mycenae of the broad streets

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.