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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative abstēmius abstēmia abstēmium abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmia
Genitive abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmiī abstēmiōrum abstēmiārum abstēmiōrum
Dative abstēmiō abstēmiō abstēmiīs
Accusative abstēmium abstēmiam abstēmium abstēmiōs abstēmiās abstēmia
Ablative abstēmiō abstēmiā abstēmiō abstēmiīs
Vocative abstēmie abstēmia abstēmium abstēmiī abstēmiae abstēmia

Descendants

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’s 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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