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  • 1 abstēmius

        abstēmius adj.,    abstaining from drink, temperate, abstemious, moderate: gaudet meris abstemius undis, O.: abstemius herbis vivis, H.
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    abstemia, abstemium ADJ
    abstemious, abstaining from drink; sober, temperate; moderate; fasting; saving

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  • 2 siccus

        siccus adj.,     dry: harena, V.: fauces fluminum, V.: siccāque in rupe resedit, V.: agri, H.: regio, Cu.: oculi, tearless, H.: decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis, O.: carinae, standing dry, H.: Magna minorque ferae (i. e. Ursa Maior et Minor), utraque sicca, i. e. that do not dip into the sea, O.—As subst n., dry land, a dry place: Donec rostra tenent siccum, V.: in sicco, on the shore, L. —Of the weather, dry, without rain: Sole dies referente siccos, H.: siccis aër fervoribus ustus, O.: hiemps, without snow, O.—Dry, thirsty: siccus, inanis Sperne cibum vilem, H.: ore sicco, free from saliva, Ct.: Faucibus siccis, fasting, V.— Abstemious, temperate, sober: consilia siccorum: dicimus Sicci mane, H.—Fig., firm, solid: (Attici) sani et sicci dumtaxat habeantur: nihil erat in eius oratione nisi siccum atque sanum.—Dry, cold: puella, loveless, O.
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    sicca, siccum ADJ

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  • 3 abstinax

    (gen.), abstinacis ADJ
    abstemious, staying away from liquor; temperate/sparing in drink/food

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  • 4 apstemius

    apstemia, apstemium ADJ
    abstemious, abstaining from drink; sober, temperate; moderate; fasting; saving

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  • 5 apstinax

    (gen.), apstinacis ADJ
    abstemious, staying away from liquor; temperate/sparing in drink/food

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  • 6 sicca

    siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    aridus): arena,

    Verg. G. 1, 389:

    fauces fluminum,

    id. ib. 4, 427:

    siccāque in rupe resedit,

    id. A. 5, 180:

    litus,

    id. ib. 6, 162:

    siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

    Quint. 2, 4, 8:

    glebae,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

    agri,

    id. S. 2, 4, 15:

    lacus,

    Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

    regio,

    Curt. 9, 10, 2:

    via (opp. palustris),

    Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

    horreum siccissimum,

    Col. 12, 15, 2:

    oculi,

    tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

    lumina,

    Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

    genae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

    decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

    id. M. 14, 50;

    and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

    tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

    pocula,

    Tib. 3, 6, 18:

    urna,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

    panis,

    dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

    agaricum manducatum siccum,

    id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

    spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

    cuspis,

    Stat. Th. 8, 383:

    ensis,

    Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

    sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

    i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

    carinae,

    standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

    i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

    signa,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

    aquae,

    i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

    vox,

    dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—
    2.
    As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

    donec rostra tenent siccum,

    Verg. A. 10, 301:

    in sicco,

    on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

    ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

    Quint. 12, 11, 13:

    harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

    in siccis,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the weather, dry, without rain:

    sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

    Col. 3, 20, 1:

    ver,

    Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

    aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

    Tib. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

    Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

    sole dies referente siccos,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

    siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

    Ov. M. 1, 119:

    caelum,

    Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

    ventus,

    id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

    luna,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

    nubes,

    i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

    hiemps,

    without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—
    2.
    Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

    (mulier) sicca, succida,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

    corpora sicciora cornu,

    Cat. 23, 12:

    corpora graciliora siccioraque,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

    (puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

    free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

    tussis,

    without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

    medicamentum,

    causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —
    3.
    Dry, thirsty:

    nimis diu sicci sumus,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

    siti sicca sum,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

    faucibus siccis,

    fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—
    b.
    Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    (Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

    nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

    id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—
    2.
    Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

    siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

    Gell. 14, 1, 32:

    durus et siccus,

    Tac. Or. 21:

    ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

    ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—
    3.
    Dry, cold:

    medullae,

    i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

    puella,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut bos sicce stabuletur,

    Col. 6, 12, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

    firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

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  • 7 siccum

    siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    aridus): arena,

    Verg. G. 1, 389:

    fauces fluminum,

    id. ib. 4, 427:

    siccāque in rupe resedit,

    id. A. 5, 180:

    litus,

    id. ib. 6, 162:

    siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

    Quint. 2, 4, 8:

    glebae,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

    agri,

    id. S. 2, 4, 15:

    lacus,

    Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

    regio,

    Curt. 9, 10, 2:

    via (opp. palustris),

    Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

    horreum siccissimum,

    Col. 12, 15, 2:

    oculi,

    tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

    lumina,

    Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

    genae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

    decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

    id. M. 14, 50;

    and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

    tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

    pocula,

    Tib. 3, 6, 18:

    urna,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

    panis,

    dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

    agaricum manducatum siccum,

    id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

    spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

    cuspis,

    Stat. Th. 8, 383:

    ensis,

    Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

    sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

    i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

    carinae,

    standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

    i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

    signa,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

    aquae,

    i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

    vox,

    dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—
    2.
    As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

    donec rostra tenent siccum,

    Verg. A. 10, 301:

    in sicco,

    on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

    ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

    Quint. 12, 11, 13:

    harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

    in siccis,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the weather, dry, without rain:

    sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

    Col. 3, 20, 1:

    ver,

    Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

    aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

    Tib. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

    Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

    sole dies referente siccos,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

    siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

    Ov. M. 1, 119:

    caelum,

    Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

    ventus,

    id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

    luna,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

    nubes,

    i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

    hiemps,

    without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—
    2.
    Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

    (mulier) sicca, succida,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

    corpora sicciora cornu,

    Cat. 23, 12:

    corpora graciliora siccioraque,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

    (puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

    free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

    tussis,

    without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

    medicamentum,

    causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —
    3.
    Dry, thirsty:

    nimis diu sicci sumus,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

    siti sicca sum,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

    faucibus siccis,

    fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—
    b.
    Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    (Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

    nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

    id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—
    2.
    Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

    siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

    Gell. 14, 1, 32:

    durus et siccus,

    Tac. Or. 21:

    ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

    ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—
    3.
    Dry, cold:

    medullae,

    i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

    puella,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut bos sicce stabuletur,

    Col. 6, 12, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

    firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

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  • 8 siccus

    siccus, a, um, adj. [cf. Sanscr. cush, to dry up; Gr. auô], dry.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

    aridus): arena,

    Verg. G. 1, 389:

    fauces fluminum,

    id. ib. 4, 427:

    siccāque in rupe resedit,

    id. A. 5, 180:

    litus,

    id. ib. 6, 162:

    siccum et sine umore ullo solum,

    Quint. 2, 4, 8:

    glebae,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 55:

    agri,

    id. S. 2, 4, 15:

    lacus,

    Prop. 2, 14 (3, 6), 11:

    regio,

    Curt. 9, 10, 2:

    via (opp. palustris),

    Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 32 et saep.— Sup.:

    horreum siccissimum,

    Col. 12, 15, 2:

    oculi,

    tearless, Quint. 6, 2, 27; Prop. 1, 17, 11; Hor. C. 1, 3, 18; so,

    lumina,

    Tib. 1, 1, 66; Luc. 9, 1044:

    genae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 80; Ov. H. 11, 10:

    decurrere pedibus super aequora siccis,

    id. M. 14, 50;

    and, transf.: siccus aerumnas tuli,

    tearless, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1270:

    pocula,

    Tib. 3, 6, 18:

    urna,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 23:

    panis,

    dry bread, Sen. Ep. 83, 6; Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 139:

    agaricum manducatum siccum,

    id. 26, 7, 18, § 32; Capitol. Anton. 13; Vop. Tac. 11:

    spolia non sanguine sicca suo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 12:

    cuspis,

    Stat. Th. 8, 383:

    ensis,

    Sen. Troad. 50.—With gen.:

    sicci stimulabant sanguinis enses,

    i. e. bloodless, Sil. 7, 213:

    carinae,

    standing dry, Hor. C. 1, 4, 2:

    magna minorque ferae (i. e. ursa major et minor), utraque sicca,

    i. e. that do not dip into, set beneath the sea, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 2; so,

    signa,

    id. ib. 4, 9, 18:

    aquae,

    i. e. snow, Mart. 4, 3, 7:

    vox,

    dried up with heat, husky, Ov. M. 2, 278 et saep.—
    2.
    As subst.: siccum, i; and plur.: sicca, ōrum, n., dry land, a dry place; dry places:

    donec rostra tenent siccum,

    Verg. A. 10, 301:

    in sicco,

    on the dry land, on the shore, Prop. 3, 10 (9), 6; Verg. G. 1, 363; Liv. 1, 4; Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 27; 26, 7, 22, § 39:

    ut aqua piscibus, ut sicca terrenis, circumfusus nobis spiritus volucribus convenit,

    Quint. 12, 11, 13:

    harundo, quae in siccis provenit,

    Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 165; so,

    in siccis,

    id. 17, 22, 35, § 170.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the weather, dry, without rain:

    sive annus siccus est... seu pluvius,

    Col. 3, 20, 1:

    ver,

    Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 101:

    aestivi tempora sicca Canis,

    Tib. 1, 4, 6;

    for which: incipit et sicco fervere terra Cane,

    Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 4:

    sole dies referente siccos,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 20:

    siccis aër fervoribus ustus,

    Ov. M. 1, 119:

    caelum,

    Plin. 18, 12, 31, § 123:

    ventus,

    id. 2, 47, 48, § 126; Luc. 4, 50:

    luna,

    Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 15; Plin. 17, 9, 8, § 57; cf. id. 17, 14, 24, § 112:

    nubes,

    i. e. without rain, Luc. 4, 331:

    hiemps,

    without snow, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 106.—
    2.
    Of the human body, dry, as a healthy state (opp. rheumy, catarrhal, tumid, etc.), firm, solid, vigorous:

    (mulier) sicca, succida,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 192; Petr. 37:

    corpora sicciora cornu,

    Cat. 23, 12:

    corpora graciliora siccioraque,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 65:

    (puella) Nec bello pede... nec ore sicco,

    free from saliva, Cat. 43, 3; cf.

    tussis,

    without expectoration, Cels. 4, 6:

    medicamentum,

    causing dryness, Scrib. Comp. 71. —
    3.
    Dry, thirsty:

    nimis diu sicci sumus,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 41; cf.:

    siti sicca sum,

    id. Curc. 1, 2, 26; 1, 2, 22; id. Ps. 1, 2, 51; Hor. S. 2, 2, 14:

    faucibus siccis,

    fasting, Verg. A. 2, 358.—
    b.
    Transf., abstemious, temperate, sober (syn. sobrius): Art. Ego praeter alios meum virum fui rata Siccum, frugi, continentem, etc. Pa. At nunc dehinc scito, illum ante omnes... Madidum, nihili, incontinentem, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 7; so (opp. vinolentus) Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88; id. Agr. 1, 1, 1; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 4 (opp. vinolenti); Sen. Ep. 18, 3; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. C. 4, 5, 39:

    siccis omnia dura deus proposuit,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3; id. Ep. 1, 19, 9; 1, 17, 12.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    Firm, solid (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    (Attici) sani duntaxat et sicci habeantur,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; cf.:

    nihil erat in ejus oratione nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

    id. Brut. 55, 202; Quint. 2, 4, 6.—
    2.
    Of style, dry, insipid, jejune (acc. to I. B. 3.):

    siccum et sollicitum et contractum dicendi propositum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 32:

    sicca et incondita et propemodum jejuna oratio,

    Gell. 14, 1, 32:

    durus et siccus,

    Tac. Or. 21:

    ne sicci omnino atque aridi pueri rhetoribus traderentur,

    ignorant, unformed, unprepared, Suet. Gram. 4.—
    3.
    Dry, cold:

    medullae,

    i. e. void of love, cold, Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 17; so,

    puella,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 686; Mart. 11, 81, 2; cf. id. 11, 17, 8.—Hence, adv.: siccē, dryly, without wet or damp (very rare; perh. only in the two foll. passages).
    A.
    Lit.:

    ut bos sicce stabuletur,

    Col. 6, 12, 2.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    eos solos Attice dicere, id est quasi sicce et integre,

    firmly, solidly, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 12; v. supra, II.

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  • abstemious — (adj.) c.1600, from L. abstemius sober, temperate, from ab(s) from (see AB (Cf. ab )) + stem of temetum strong drink, related to temulentus drunken. Technically, of liquor, but extended in Latin to temperance in living generally. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • abstemious — see under abstemiousness at TEMPERANCE …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • abstemious — [adj] restraining behavior or appetite abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restrained, self denying, self restrained, sober, sparing, temperate; concept 401 Ant. gluttonous, greedy, hungry …   New thesaurus

  • abstemious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not self indulgent, especially as regards eating and drinking. DERIVATIVES abstemiously adverb abstemiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin abstemius, from ab from + a word related to temetum alcoholic liquor …   English terms dictionary

  • abstemious — [ab stē′mē əs, əbstē′mē əs] adj. [L abstemius, abstaining from alcoholic liquor < ab(s) , from + root of temetum, strong drink] 1. moderate, esp. in eating and drinking; temperate 2. characterized by abstinence …   English World dictionary

  • abstemious — /əbˈstimiəs / (say uhb steemeeuhs) adjective 1. moderate in the use of food and drink; sparing in diet; temperate: *At dinner my usually abstemious husband was led on by his brother –patrick white, 1976. 2. characterised by abstinence: *He was… …  

  • abstemious — abstemiously, adv. abstemiousness, n. /ab stee mee euhs/, adj. 1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet. 2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life. 3. sparing: an abstemious diet. [1615 25; < L abstemius, equiv.… …   Universalium

  • abstemious — adjective /æbˈstɛmi.əs/ a) Abstaining from wine. Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. b) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the… …   Wiktionary

  • abstemious — adjective Etymology: Latin abstemius, from abs + temius; akin to Latin temetum intoxicating drink Date: 1609 marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol; also reflecting such restraint < an abstemious diet > •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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