amovere

ā-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a., to remove from, to put or take away, to withdraw (esp. with effort or trouble; syn.: dimoveo, abduco, averto, arceo, repello): proprie amovetur saxum de loco, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 14; cf.:

amoveamus lapidem de ore putei,

Vulg. Gen. 29, 8; v. amolior.

In gen. (class.): me exinde amovit loco. Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 64:

Ubi erit empta, ut aliquo ex urbe (eam) amoveas,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 94:

testem hanc quom abs te amoveris,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 72:

Age, tamen ego hunc amovebo,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 14:

illum ex istis locis amove,

Cic. Att. 1, 12:

juvenes amoverunt eum,

Vulg. Act. 5, 6:

lex Porcia virgas ab omnium civium corpore amovit,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 12:

Ille est amotus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 64:

amoto custode,

Prop. 1, 11, 15:

amotis longius ceteris,

Curt. 7, 1:

alia amovimus ab hostium oculis,

Liv. 5, 51:

imagines ex bibliothecis amovere,

Suet. Calig. 34; id. Caes. 68; id. Ner. 47.—Hence: se amovere, to retire, withdraw:

te hinc amove,

off with you! Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 33:

e coetu se amovissent,

Liv. 3, 38:

qui memet finibus umquam amōrim Ausoniae,

Sil. 17, 224:

statuit repente recedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10.— Trop. of abstract ideas, to put away, cast off, etc.:

segnitiem amove,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6:

suspitionem ab aliquo,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 54:

socordiamque ex pectore,

id. Ps. 1, 2, 11; so,

crapulam,

id. ib. 5, 1, 35:

amoto metu,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 10:

qui istum amorem ex animo amoveas,

id. ib. 2, 1, 7:

opinionem,

id. ib. 3, 2, 30:

misericordiam,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 16:

amove malitiam a carne,

ib. Eccl. 11, 10:

bellum,

Liv. 5, 35:

amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

jesting aside, Hor. S. 1, 1, 27 al. — Poet., of time, to take with itself: quaecumque vetustate amovet aetas, * Lucr. 1, 225.—

Esp.

In and after the Aug. per., to take away by stealth, to steal (euphemist. for furari, furtum facere):

boves Per dolum amotas,

Hor. C. 1, 10, 10:

si filia familiares res amoverit,

Dig. 25, 2, 3:

aliquid ex heredidate,

ib. 29, 2, 70 al. —

In post-Aug. prose (perh. only in Tac.), to banish:

amotus Cercinam quattuordecim annis exilium toleravit,

Tac. A. 1, 53:

in insulam,

id. ib. 4, 31:

Cretam,

id. ib. 4, 21:

aemulationis suspectos per nomen obsidum amovere,

id. ib. 13, 9; 14, 57.

pectus, ŏris, n. [kindred with the Sanscr. vakshas, pectus], the breast, in men and animals.

Lit., the breast, the breastbone:

pectus, hoc est ossa praecordiis et vitalibus natura circumdedit,

Plin. 11, 37, 82, § 207; cf. Cels. 8, 7 fin.; 8, 8, 2:

meum cor coepit in pectus emicare,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4:

dignitas, quae est in latitudine pectoris,

Quint. 11, 3, 141:

summis digitis pectus appetere,

id. 11, 3, 124; 11, 3, 122:

pectore adverso,

id. 2, 15, 7:

aequo pectore,

upright, not inclined to one side, id. 11, 3, 125:

pectore in adverso ensem Condidit,

Verg. A. 9, 347:

in pectusque cadit pronus,

Ov. M. 4, 578:

latum demisit pectore clavum,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; 2, 8, 90 et saep.; Vulg. Gen. 3, 14.—In the poets freq., in plur., of a person's breast: hasta volans perrumpit pectora ferro, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 760 P.; Ov. M. 4, 554.—

Transf.

The stomach ( poet.):

reserato pectore diras Egerere inde dapes... gestit,

Ov. M. 6, 663.—

As the seat of affection, courage, etc., the heart, feelings, disposition:

somnum socordiamque ex pectore oculisque amovere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 11:

Ah, guttula Pectus ardens mi adspersisti,

i. e. a little comforted, id. Ep. 4, 1, 32:

in amicitiā, nisi, ut dicitur, apertum pectus videas, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

si non ipse amicus per se amatur toto pectore ut dicitur,

id. Leg. 1, 18, 49:

pietate omnium pectora imbuere,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

metus insidens pectoribus,

id. 10, 41, 2; 1, 56, 4:

quinam pectora semper impavida repens terror invaserit,

id. 21, 30, 2:

in eodem pectore nullum est honestorum turpiumque consortium,

Quint. 12, 1, 4; 2, 5, 8:

te vero... jam pectore toto Accipio,

Verg. A. 9, 276:

his ubi laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis,

id. ib. 5, 816:

robur et aes triplex circa pectus erat,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 10; 2, 12, 15:

pectoribus mores tot sunt quot in orbe figurae,

id. A. A. 1, 759:

mollities pectoris,

tender-heartedness, id. Am. 3, 8, 18; id. H. 19, 192; so,

pectus amicitiae,

a friendly heart, a friend, Mart. 9, 15, 2; Stat. S. 4, 4, 103; Manil. 2, 600.— Of courage, bravery:

cum tales animos juvenum et tam certa tulistis Pectora,

Verg. A. 9, 249:

te vel per Alpium juga... Forti sequemur pectore,

Hor. Epod. 1, 11; Val. Fl. 6, 288.—Of conscience:

vita et pectore puro,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 64:

pectora casta,

Ov. H. 13, 30.—

The soul, spirit, mind, understanding:

de hortis toto pectore cogitemus,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 4; so,

incumbe toto pectore ad laudem,

id. Fam. 10, 10, 2:

onerandum complendumque pectus maximarum rerum et plurimarum suavitate,

id. de Or. 3, 30, 121:

quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius descendit,

Sall. J. 11, 7; Liv. 1, 59:

(stultitiam tuam) in latebras abscondas pectore penitissumo,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 64:

multipotens pectus habere, ut copias... pectore promat suo,

id. Bacch. 4, 1, 8 Fleck.: haben' tu amicum quoi pectus sapiat? id. Trin. 1, 2, 53; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 12:

at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

Verg. A. 1, 657:

oculis pectoris aliquid haurire,

Ov. M. 15, 63; id. Tr. 3, 1, 64:

memori referas mihi pectore cuncta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 90:

nunc adbibe puro Pectore verba,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 68; 2, 1, 128:

pectore arripere artes,

Tac. Or. 28:

pectus est quod disertos facit, et vis mentis,

Quint. 10, 7, 15; Ov. P. 2, 4, 24:

succinctaque pectora curis,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 77:

rara occulti pectoris vox,

i. e. a reserved disposition, Tac. A. 4, 52:

dicere de summo pectore,

i.e. without much reflection, Gell. 17, 13, 7.—Of inspired persons:

incaluitque deo quem clausum pectore habebat,

Ov. M. 2, 641; Verg. A. 6, 48; Stat. Th. 4, 542.—

The person, individual, regarded as a being of feeling or passion:

cara sororum Pectora,

Verg. A. 11, 216:

mihi Thesea pectora juncta fide,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 66:

pectus consulis gerere,

Liv. 4, 13; cf. Mart. 9, 15; Manil. 2, 600; Stat. S. 4, 4, 103.

sē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go apart, go away, separate, withdraw (class.; not in Cæs.; but cf. secessio).

Lit.

In gen., absol.:

secedant improbi, secernant se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; Ov. M. 6, 490:

prosecutus eram viatico secedentem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 2:

abite et de viā secedite,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

de coetu,

Ov. M. 2, 465:

a vestro potui secedere lusu,

Prop. 1, 10, 9:

utinam nostro secedere corpore possem!

Ov. M. 3, 467.—

Poet., of inanim. subjects, to remove, withdraw; and in the perf., to be distant:

(luna) quantum solis secedit ab orbe,

Lucr. 5, 705:

ab imis terra,

Ov. F 6, 279:

(villa) decem et septem milibus passuum ab urbe secessit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cell. 63.—

In partic.

To go aside, withdraw, [p. 1652] retire:

secede huc nunc jam procul,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 23; so,

huc,

id. Am. 2, 2, 139; id. As. 3, 3, 49; id. Capt. 2, 2, 13:

in abditam partem aedium,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

in utraque latera (cohortes),

Front. Strat. 6, 6, 3:

ad deliberandum,

Liv. 45, 36:

ad consultandum,

Suet. Ner. 15:

lex Spartana vetat secedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 21:

secedit humumque Effodit,

Ov. M. 11, 185. —

In post-Aug. authors (esp. in Suet.), to retire from public into private life; absol.:

integrā aetate ac valetudine statuit repente secedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10:

illuc e comitatu suo,

id. Aug. 98; so Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

ab Urbe,

Suet. Gram. 3:

in insulam, etc.,

Quint. 3, 1, 17; Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Gram. 5; cf.

Rhodum,

id. Caes. 4.—

To seek the exclusive society of any one, to retire from the world:

ad optimos viros,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1. —

Polit., to separate one's self by rebellion, to revolt, secede (syn.:

deficio, descisco): ut anno XVI. post reges exactos propter nimiam dominationem potentium secederent,

Cic. Corn. 1, p. 450 Orell.:

saepe ipsa plebes armata a patribus secessit,

Sall. C. 33, 3; Suet. Tib. 2:

injussu consulum in Sacrum Montem secessisse,

to have marched out in rebellion, Liv. 2, 32; so,

in Sacrum Montem,

id. 7, 40; Flor. 1, 23:

in Janiculum (plebs),

Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37.—

Trop. (very rare; perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

antequam ego incipio secedere et aliā parte considere,

to dissent from the opinion, Sen. Ep. 117, 4:

a fesso corpore sensus,

Cat. 64, 189:

qui solitarius separatusque a communi malo civitatis secesserit,

has withdrawn himself, Gell. 2, 12, 1:

cum ad stilum secedet,

shall give himself up to writing, Quint. 1, 12, 12:

in te ipse secede,

retire within yourself, Sen. Ep. 25, 7.