abstinēns tis, adj.
P. of abstineo, abstinent, temperate, moderate : esse abstinentem, continere cupiditates: oculos abstinentes habere: animus abstinens pecuniae, H.— Esp., chaste, continent . Hippolytem dum fugit (Peleus) abstinens, H.
abstĭnens, entis, P. a., v. abstineo. ...
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