abstemius

Latin

Etymology

    From abs- + the root of tēmētum (“any intoxicating drink”) + -ius.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    abstēmius (feminine abstēmia, neuter abstēmium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. abstaining from wine, abstemious; sober
    2. temperate, abstinent, moderate

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative abstēmius abstēmia abstēmium abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmia
    genitive abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmiī abstēmiōrum abstēmiārum abstēmiōrum
    dative abstēmiō abstēmiae abstēmiō abstēmiīs
    accusative abstēmium abstēmiam abstēmium abstēmiōs abstēmiās abstēmia
    ablative abstēmiō abstēmiā abstēmiō abstēmiīs
    vocative abstēmie abstēmia abstēmium abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmia

    Descendants

    • Catalan: abstemi
    • English: abstemious
    • Galician: abstemio
    • Italian: astemio
    • Portuguese: abstémio
    • Spanish: abstemio

    References

    • “abstemius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “abstemius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "abstemius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “abstemius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 609
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