refrain

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. κατέχειν; see check.

verb intransitive

P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι; see also forbear.

When you have learnt from me give advice. Till then refrain: V. ὅταν μάθῃς μου νουθέτει, τανῦν δ' ἔα (Sophocles, Oedipus Coloneus 593).

refrain from: P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι (gen.), ἀφίστασθαι (gen.).

refrain from (doing): P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι (μή, infin.), V. ἀφίστασθαι (infin.).

I refrained from killing: V. ἔσχον μὴ κτανεῖν.