σκῆπτρον χρυσείοις ἥλοισι πεπαρμένον → sceptre pierced with golden studs, staff studded with golden nails
P. and V. ἀπέχεσθαι, ἀφίστασθαι; see refrain.
abstain from: use verbs given with the gen.
abstain from food: P. and V. ἀσιτεῖν.
