LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

abstinentia

abstinentia f (genitive abstinentiae)
Classical[ap.stɪˈnɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[ab.stiˈnɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineabstinence, self-restraint
    Abstinentiam neque in imperiis neque in magistratibus praestititNeither as magistrate nor general did he show restraint.c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, Divi Iulius 54 1
  2. femininefasting

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabstinentiaabstinentiae
genitiveabstinentiaeabstinentiārum
dativeabstinentiaeabstinentiīs
accusativeabstinentiamabstinentiās
ablativeabstinentiāabstinentiīs
vocativeabstinentiaabstinentiae

abstĭnentĭa, ae, f. abstineo,
I. 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: possum multa dicere de provinciali in eo magistratu abstinentiā, id. Sest. 3; Cic. Verr. 4, 46; id. Q. Rosc. 17; so id. Att. 5, 17; Sall. C. 3.—
II. 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

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabstinentia

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin abstineō Latin abstinens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin abstinentia From abstinens + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanabstinència
  • Italianastinenza
  • Frenchabstinencefrom Old French abstinence
  • Englishabstinencefrom Old French abstinence
  • Portugueseabstinência
  • Romanianabstinență
  • Spanishabstinencia
  • Hungarianabsztinencia
  • Norwegian Bokmålabstinens
  • Indonesianabstinensifrom Old French abstinence

In English words that came into English from abstinentia

  • abstinenceabstinentia
  • abstinencyabstinentia

Quick answers

What does abstinentia mean in Latin?
abstinentia, a noun, means “abstinence, self-restraint; fasting”.
What is the genitive of abstinentia?
The genitive singular is abstinentiae. abstinentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce abstinentia?
In classical Latin, [ap.stɪˈnɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ab.stiˈnɛn.t͡si.a].
Where does abstinentia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin abstinentia.