abstemius
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
abs-tēmĭus: a, um, adj. cf. temetum and temulentus,
I abstaining from intoxicating drinks, temperate, sober, ἄοινος.
I Lit.: sicca atque abstemia, Lucil. ap. Non. 68, 30: mulieres, Varr. ap. Non. ib.: vina fugit gaudetque meris abstemius undis, Ov. M. 15, 323 al.—Hence,
II In gen.: i. q. sobrius, temperate, abstinent, moderate: abstemius, herbis vivis et urticā, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7.—Pleon.: mulieres vini abstemiae, Plin. 22, 24, 54, § 115.—
B In later Lat. = jejunus, who is yet fasting, has not breakfasted, Aus. Idyll. praef. 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abstēmĭus,¹⁶ a, um (abs et *temum), cf. temetum, cf. Quint. 1, 7, 9 ; Gell. 10, 23, 1 ; Pomp. Porphyr. Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 7),
1 qui s’abstient de vin : Ov. M. 15, 323
2 sobre, tempérant
