abstemius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈsteː.mi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈstɛː.mi.us]

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

Related terms

• tēmētum
• tēmulentus

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