refrain
From LSJ
Τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους → Money finds men friends → Invenit amicos hominibus pecunia → Was den Menschen Freunde findet, ist das Geld
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.).
