one must abstain from; one must leave alone
Ancient Greek word, found 26 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium 7·2: … τῷ ξηραλοιφεῖν τὸ λαλεῖν ἐν οἴνῳ βρεχόμενον· ἥδιστον γάρ ἐστι. Καὶ ὁ Χίλων ὑπολαβὼν ἔφη διὰ τοῦτό τοι μᾶλλον ἀφεκτέον αὐτοῦ Πάλιν δʼ ὁ Αἴσωπος καὶ μήν ἔφη Θαλῆς ἔδοξεν εἰπεῖν ὅτι τάχιστα γηράσει
Aristophanes, Lysistrata 122: ἀφεκτέʼ ἐστὶ—
All forms of ἀφεκτέον