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1 abstinentia
abstĭnentĭa, ae, f. [abstineo], abstinence, self-restraint ( the quality by means of which one abstains from unlawful desires, acts, etc., freedom from covetousness (se ab re abstinet); it always has reference to the outward object from which one restrains himself; while the syn. continentia designates merely subjective self-restraint. Yet as early as Cic. these ideas passed into each other, abstinentia being used for continentia, and continentia —referring to an object—taking the place of abstinentia).I.In gen., a refraining from any thing: conciliare benevolentiam multitudinis abstinentiā et continentiā, i. e. by not violating the right of property (alieno abstinent) and by self-control (se continent), Cic. Off. 2, 22:II.possum multa dicere de provinciali in eo magistratu abstinentiā,
id. Sest. 3; id. Verr. 4, 46; id. Q. Rosc. 17; so id. Att. 5, 17; Sall. C. 3.—In later Lat., abstinence from food, fasting, starvation = inedia (v. abstineo):vitam abstinentiā finivit,
he ended his life by starvation, Tac. A. 4, 35; Sen. Ep. 70, 9; 77, 9; cf. Cels. 2, 16;febrem quiete et abstinentiā mitigavit,
Quint. 2, 17, 9; so Plin. 27, 55, 80 al.—From -
2 abstinentia
abstinentia ae, f [abstinens], abstinence, starvation: abstinentiā vitam finire, Ta.—Self-restraint, integrity: in Papinio fuit hāc abstinentiā, in the case of Papinius: tentata eius est abstinentia a Diomedonte, N.: pro abstinentiā largitio vigebat, S.: excellebat abstinentiā, N.* * *abstinence; fasting; moderation, self control, restraint; integrity; parsimony -
3 inedia
inedia ae, f [2 in+ED-], an abstaining from food, fasting: inediae patiens, S.: fessus inediā.* * *fasting, starvation -
4 apocarteresis
voluntary starvation; hunger strike -
5 apocarteresis
ăpŏcartĕrēsis, is, f., = apokarterêsis, a voluntary starvation, Tert. Apol. 46 (in Quint. 8, 5, 23, written as Greek, Halm; cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84). -
6 tabidus
tābĭdus, a, um, adj. [tabeo], melting or wasting away, dissolving, decaying, consuming, putrefying, pining away, languishing (perh. not ante-Aug.).I.Lit.:II.nix,
Liv. 21, 36:corruptum et tabidum corpus,
Suet. Tib. 51:ferae,
id. Calig. 26:juvenci,
Sen. Oedip. 147:jecur,
id. ib. 358:mens,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 67:tabidus erro,
i. e. pining for love, Calp. Ecl. 3, 50.—Transf., act., wasting, consuming, corrupting, infectious:venenum,
Tac. A. 12, 66:vetustas,
Ov. P. 4, 8, 49:pestis,
Mart. 1, 79, 1:lues,
Verg. A. 3, 137:Hecate,
Luc. 6, 737:victus,
i. e. starvation, Sen. Herc. Fur. 691. — Comp., sup., and adv. seem not to occur.
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