sejungo

sē-jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to disunite, disjoin (cf.: abjungo and disjungo); to part, sever, separate, divide (class.; syn.: sepono, secerno, removeo).

Lit.:

sejungi seque gregari,

Lucr. 1, 452; cf.:

sejunge te aliquando ab iis, cum quibus te non tuum judicium, sed temporum vincla conjunxerunt,

Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 2:

Alpes quae Italiam a Galliā sejungunt,

Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

sejuncta sint omnia a principiis,

Lucr. 2, 861; cf. id. 1, 432 (with secretum):

aliquem ex fortissimorum civium numero,

Cic. Vatin. 10, 26.—With abl.:

sejungere matrem Jam gelidis nequeo bustis,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 241 (cf. infra, II., and v. segrego, II. B.). —With simple acc.:

quae (intervalla) non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 728; cf.

mid.: discedere ac sejungi promunturia, quae antea juncta fuerant, arbitrere,

to part, separate, Just. 4, 1, 18.—

Trop., to separate, part, sever, etc. (a favorite word of Cic.):

quam (Fortunam) nemo ab inconstantiā et temeritate sejunget, quae digna certe non sunt deo,

Cic. N. D. 3, 24, 61; cf.:

(divum natura) Semota a nostris rebus sejunctaque longe,

Lucr. 2, 648:

defensio sejuncta a voluntate ac sententiā legis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193:

orator a philosophorum eloquentiā,

id. Or. 20, 68:

rhetorice a bono viro atque ab ipsā virtute,

Quint. 2, 17, 31:

exercitatio procul a veritate,

id. 8, 3, 23:

fortuna ab eo,

Nep. Att. 10, 5:

a spe pariendarum voluptatum sejungi,

Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 66:

liberalitatem ac benignitatem ab ambitu atque largitione,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 105:

morbum ab aegrotatione,

id. Tusc. 4, 13, 29:

istam calamitatem a rei publicae periculis,

id. Cat. 1, 9, 22:

se a verborum libertate,

id. Cael. 3, 8 (but in Tac. Or. 11 the correct read. is dejungere).—With abl.:

cui Corpore sejunctus dolor absit,

Lucr. 2, 18:

laribus sejuncta potestas Exulat,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 407.

dĭrĭmo, ēmi, emptum ( perf. dirempsi, cited as error, Charis. 220 P.), 3, v. a. [disĕmo, like diribeo, from dis-habeo], to take apart; to part, separate, divide (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense—cf.: findo, scindo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.:

dirimi corpus distrahive,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12; cf. Lucr. 6, 1075:

Tiberis Veientem agrum a Crustumino dirimens,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; cf.:

castris Ilerdam,

Luc. 4, 33: sontes justis (Minos), Claud. ap. Rufin. 2, 477:

oppida nostra unius diei itinere dirimuntur,

are separated from each other, Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 2; cf.:

urbs Vulturno flumine dirempta,

Liv. 22, 15; and:

dirempta mari gens,

Plin. Pan. 32; and absol.:

dirimente amne,

Liv. 42, 39 et saep.— Poet., of cutting through the waves in a ship, Stat. Th. 5, 482.

Trop.

To break off, interrupt, to disturb, put off, delay (the fig. is taken from combatants who are parted asunder; transferred, like the opp. committere, to things; cf.:

dirimere infestas acies, dirimere iras,

Liv. 1, 13):

proelium tandem diremit nox,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 99; so,

proelium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 40 fin.; Sall. J. 60 fin.; Liv. 37, 32; Verg. A. 5, 467 al.; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9:

pugnam,

Liv. 27, 13:

bellum,

id. 27, 30; 40, 52; Verg. A. 12, 79:

certamina,

Ov. M. 5, 314 et saep.:

controversiam,

i. e. to adjust, compose, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

seditionem,

Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6:

litem,

Ov. M. 1, 21:

rem arbitrio,

id. F. 6, 98 et saep.; also, to separate, dissolve, break off a connection:

conjunctionem civium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 23:

societatem,

id. Sull. 2, 6; Liv. 8, 23:

nuptias,

Suet. Caes. 43:

affinitatem,

Tac. A. 12, 4:

amicitias,

id. ib. 6, 29; cf. Cic. Lael. 10, 34:

caritatem quae est inter natos et parentes,

id. ib. 8, 27:

pacem,

Liv. 9, 8; Quint. 2, 16, 7:

conubium,

Liv. 4, 6 et saep.—So too, to interrupt, disturb, break up a conversation, deliberation, etc.:

colloquium,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4:

sermonem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 11:

concilia populi,

Liv. 1, 36 fin.:

comitia,

id. 40, 59 al.; cf. absol.:

actum est eo die nihil: nox diremit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 13, 2.—

In gen., to destroy, frustrate, bring to naught:

natura animaï morte dirempta,

Lucr. 1, 114:

auspicium,

Liv. 8, 23 fin.; cf.:

rem susceptam,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: dirimere [p. 585] tempus et proferre diem, id. Div. 1, 39, 85:

ea res consilium diremit,

Sall. C. 18 fin.— Absnl., to dissuade, to be unfavorable:

dirimen tibus auspicibus,

Amm. 14, 10, 9.

dī-vĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 ( perf. sync. divisse, Hor. S. 2, 3, 169), v. a. [root vidh-, to part, split; Sanscr. vidhyati, to penetrate, whence vidhava; Lat. vidua].

To force asunder, part, separate, divide (very freq. and class.; cf.: distribuo, dispertio; findo, scindo, dirimo, divello, separo, sejungo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.: Europam Libyamque rapax ubi dividit unda, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 20; and id. N. D. 3, 10:

discludere mundum membraque dividere,

Lucr. 5, 440; cf.:

si omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 12:

crassum aërem,

id. Tusc. 1, 19 fin. (with perrumpere); cf.

nubila,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 6:

muros,

to break through, Verg. A. 2, 234:

marmor cuneis,

to split, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 14; cf.:

hunc medium securi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 100:

mediam frontem ferro,

Verg. A. 9, 751; also simply, insulam, for to divide into two parts, Liv. 24, 6.— Poet.:

vagam caelo volucrem,

i. e. to cleave, to shoot, Sil. 2, 90:

sol... in partes non aequas dividit orbem,

Lucr. 5, 683;

so Galliam in partes tres,

Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

vicum in duas partes flumine,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6:

civitatem Helvetiam in quatuor pagos,

id. ib. 1, 12, 4:

populum unum in duas partes,

Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 5; id. B. C. 1, 35, 3:

divisi in factiones,

Suet. Ner. 20 et saep.—

Transf.

For distribuere, to divide among several, to distribute, apportion:

praedam,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 72:

argentum,

id. Aul. 2, 2, 3:

pecudes et agros,

Lucr. 5, 1109; cf.

agros,

Cic. Rep. 2, 18:

agrum viritim,

id. Brut. 14, 57; cf.:

bona viritim,

id. Tusc. 3, 20, 48:

munera, vestem, aurum, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 7 et saep.:

nummos in viros,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 30:

Thracia in Rhoemetalcen inque liberos Cotyis dividitur,

Tac. A. 2, 67; cf. id. ib. 3, 38. So of distributing troops in any place:

equitatum in omnes partes,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43, 4:

exercitum omnem passim in civitates,

Liv. 28, 2; cf. id. 6, 3 fin.:

Romanos in custodiam civitatium,

id. 43, 19; cf. id. 37, 45 fin.; cf.

also: conjuratos municipatim,

Suet. Caes. 14:

agros viritim civibus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 14; so with dat. (most freq.):

agrum sordidissimo cuique,

Liv. 1, 47; cf. id. 34, 32; Suet. Caes. 20 et saep.:

tabellas toti Italiae,

Cic. Sull. 15:

praedam militibus,

Sall. J. 91, 6:

loca praefectis,

Liv. 25, 30:

duo praedia natis duobus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 169:

oscula nulli,

id. C. 1, 36, 6 et saep.; cf.

in double construction: divisit in singulos milites trecenos aeris, duplex centurionibus, triplex equiti,

Liv. 40, 59:

inter participes praedam,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 5; so,

inter se,

id. Poen. 3, 5, 30; Nep. Thras. 1 fin.:

per populum fumantia (liba),

Ov. F. 3, 672; so,

agros per veteranos,

Suet. Dom. 9:

dimidiam partem cum aliquo,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 37; so id. Am. 5, 1, 73; id. Stich. 5, 4, 15:

praemia mecum,

Ov. F. 4, 887.— Absol.:

non divides (with dispertire),

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4; so Liv. 44, 45; Ov. M. 13, 102 al.—

In mercant. lang. like distrahere and divendere, to sell piecemeal, in parcels, to retail, Suet. Caes. 54; id. Ner. 26.—

In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 4 Wagner; 7; cf. Petr. 11 Büch.—

Trop.

In gen.:

bona tripartito,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13 fin.:

annum ex aequo,

Ov. M. 5, 565:

horas (bucina),

Luc. 2, 689:

tempora curarum remissionumque,

Tac. Agr. 9:

dignitatem ordinum,

id. A. 13, 27:

et explanare ambigua,

Cic. Or. 32 fin.:

idem genus universum in species certas partietur et dividet,

id. ib. 33, 117; cf.

of logical or rhet. division,

id. Fin. 2, 9, 28; Quint. 3, 6, 37 et saep.: verba, to divide at the end of the line, Suet. Aug. 87:

nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures,

Cat. 62, 15; cf.:

animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc,

Verg. A. 4, 285.—

In partic.

Sententiam, polit. t. t., to divide the question, i. e. to take the vote separately upon the several parts of a motion or proposition:

divisa sententia est postulante nescio quo,

Cic. Mil. 6, 14; id. Fam. 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 15; Sen. Ep. 21; id. Vit. Beat. 3. The expression used in requiring this was DIVIDE, Ascon. Cic. Mil. 6, 14.—

(Acc. to A. 2. a.) To distribute, apportion:

sic belli rationem esse divisam, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17, 3:

haec temporibus,

Ter. And. 3, 1, 18;

Just. Praef. § 3: ea (negotia) divisa hoc modo dicebantur, etc.,

Sall. C. 43, 2.—

Pregn., to break up, dissolve, destroy = dissolvere:

nostrum concentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31:

ira fuit capitalis ut ultima divideret mors,

id. S. 1, 7, 13:

dividitur ferro regnum,

Luc. 1, 109; cf.:

dividimus muros, et moenia pandimus urbis,

Verg. A. 2, 234.—

To accompany, i. e. to share upon an instrument a song sung by a voice:

grata feminis Imbelli cithara carmina divides,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 15.

To divide, separate, part from; to remove from (class.).

Lit.:

flumen Rhenus agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit... flumen Rhodanus provinciam nostram ab Helvetiis dividit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 2, 3; 1, 8, 1; 5, 11, 9:

Macedoniam a Thessalia,

id. B. C. 3, 36, 3:

Gallos ab Aquitanis,

id. B. G. 1, 1, 2 al.:

tota cervice desecta, divisa a corpore capita,

Liv. 31, 34, 4:

populum distribuit in quinque classes, senioresque a junioribus divisit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 22:

tam multa illa meo divisast milia lecto, Quantum, etc.,

Prop. 1, 12, 3; cf.:

dextras miseris complexibus,

Stat. Th. 3, 166:

tuis toto dividor orbe rogis,

Ov. Pont. 1, 9, 48:

dividor (sc.: ab uxore) haud aliter, quam si mea membra relinquam,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 73; cf. Prop. 1, 12, 10:

(Italiam) Longa procul longis via dividit invia terris,

separates, keeps distant, Verg. A. 3, 383; cf. id. ib. 12, 45:

discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos,

Tac. A. 1, 43 fin. —

Trop., to separate, distinguish:

legem bonam a mala,

Cic. Leg. 1, 16, 44:

defensionem (opp. se comitem exitii promittebat),

Tac. A. 3, 15. —

Transf., for distinguere (II.), to distinguish, decorate, adorn (very rare):

qualis gemma micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum,

Verg. A. 10, 134:

scutulis dividere,

Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.—Hence, dīvīsus, a, um, P. a., divided, separated:

divisior,

Lucr. 4, 962.— Adv.

dīvīse, distinctly, separately, Gell. 1, 22, 16; 7, 2 fin.; Tert. Carn. Chr. 13.—

dīvīsim, separately, Hier. Ep. 100, 14.

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.

Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.

With simple acc.:

quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 729:

seorsum partem utramque,

id. 3, 637:

arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):

stamen secernit harundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55:

sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,

separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:

nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,

setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:

Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,

hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:

inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,

separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—

With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:

a terris altum secernere caelum,

Lucr. 5, 446:

ab aëre caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 23:

Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),

Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:

muro denique secernantur a nobis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

inermes ab armatis,

Liv. 41, 3:

militem a populo (in spectaculis),

Suet. Aug. 44:

se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:

antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,

saepta ab aliis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8:

manus a nobis,

Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:

sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

sucus a reliquo cibo,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

bilis ab eo cibo,

id. ib. al.:

secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,

Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:

secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,

id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:

se e grege imperatorum,

id. 35, 14 fin.:

unum e praetextatis compluribus,

Suet. Aug. 94 med.:

monile ex omni gazā,

id. Galb. 18:

me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,

separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—

Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).

With simple acc.:

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—

With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;

sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:

animum a corpore,

id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:

ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,

Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:

sua a publicis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 57:

haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,

Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:

cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,

Cic. Sull. 1, 3:

publica privatis, sacra profanis,

Hor. A. P. 397.—

To distinguish, discern:

blandum amicum a vero,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:

turpi honestum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—

To set aside, reject:

cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:

minus idoneos senatores,

Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).

In gen.:

ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,

Liv. 1, 52:

electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:

arva,

Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—

In partic.

Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:

solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,

Hor. A. P. 298:

locus (opp. celeber),

Quint. 11, 1, 47:

montes,

Ov. M. 11, 765:

silva,

id. ib. 7, 75:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196:

pars domus (the gynaeceum),

id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:

secretissimus locus (navis),

Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:

iter (with semita),

solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.

quies,

Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:

invadit secretissimos tumultus,

Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,

Tac. A. 11, 21:

est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,

private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,

studia (opp. forum),

id. 12, 6, 4:

disputationes,

id. 12, 2, 7:

contentio,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:

cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,

Quint. 10, 7, 16:

secreti longi causā,

Ov. H. 21, 21:

altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:

se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:

dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),

id. 1, 4, 5:

cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:

haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,

into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —

Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:

tempus in secreto lbi tereret,

Liv. 26, 19, 5:

reus in secreto agebatur,

Curt. 10, 4, 29.—

That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:

secreta ducis pectora,

Mart. 5, 5, 4:

secretas advocat artes,

Ov. M. 7, 138:

ars,

Petr. 3:

litterae (with familiares),

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

carmina (the Sibylline odes),

Luc. 1, 599:

libidines,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:

quaedam imperii pignora,

Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:

nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,

Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:

libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,

Tac. Agr. 40:

praemia (opp. publica largitio),

id. H. 1, 24:

aliud (nomen),

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

vitium stomachi,

Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:

tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,

in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:

stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,

secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:

secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,

Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:

illuc me persecutus secretum petit,

a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

petito secreto futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:

crebra cum amicis secreta habere,

Tac. A. 13, 18:

animi secreta proferuntur,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,

Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

omnium secreta rimari,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

horribile secretum,

Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:

uxor omnis secreti capacissima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:

lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,

that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:

introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,

Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:

gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,

id. G. 22:

oratio animi secreta detegit,

Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:

(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,

i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:

secretiora quaedam,

magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:

in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,

among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—

Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):

(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:

glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,

id. 1, 8, 15).—

In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:

nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),

Lucr. 1, 194:

(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),

id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).

(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:

de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,

Col. 11, 2, 25. —

(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.

sēcrē-tō:

mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:

secreto illum adjutabo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

secreto hoc audi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:

secreto te huc seduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:

facere,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

secreto ab aliis,

Liv. 3, 36:

secreto agere cum aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—

sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —

Comp.:

secretius emittitur inflatio,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —

sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

sē-clūdo, si, sum, 3, v.a. [claudo], to shut off, shut in a separate place, to shut up, seclude (rare but class.; syn.: secerno, sejungo).

Lit.: incientes (oves) secludere, to shut up, confine, Varr, R. R. 2, 2, 8; Stat. Achill. 1, 359:

illuc eum rapiam, ubi non seclusa aliqua aquula teneatur, sed unde universum flumen erumpat,

confined streamlets, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

carmina antro seclusa relinquit,

Verg. A. 3, 446.— Poet. mid.: ille sub extremā pendens secluditur alā, shuts himself off, i. e. protects himself, Prop. 1, 20, 29.—

In gen., to separate, sunder, shut off:

cur luna queat terram secludere solis Lumine,

Lucr. 5, 753:

dextrum cornu, quod erat a sinistro seclusum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

cohors seclusa ab reliquis,

id. ib. 1, 55 fin.:

ab suis interceptum et seclusum,

Liv. 29, 9:

Caesar munitione flumen a monte seclusit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 97:

mare Tyrrhenum a Lucrino molibus seclusum,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

stabula ad eam rem seclusa,

set apart, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15.—

Trop.

To shut off, seclude:

a libero spiritu atque a communi luce seclusum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—

To separate, remove: corpore vitam, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1: secludite curas, shut out, exclude, i. q. excludite, Verg. A. 1, 562 Serv.—Hence, sēclūsus, a, um, P. a., sundered, separated, remote, secluded:

his devium quoddam iter esse seclusum a concilio deorum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:

seclusum nemus,

Verg. A. 6, 704.— Absol.:

in secluso,

in a remote, secluded place, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 6.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.

sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.

Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.

With simple acc.:

quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt,

Lucr. 2, 729:

seorsum partem utramque,

id. 3, 637:

arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, b):

stamen secernit harundo,

Ov. M. 6, 55:

sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis,

separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267:

nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit,

setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.:

Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti,

hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63:

inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus,

separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—

With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:

a terris altum secernere caelum,

Lucr. 5, 446:

ab aëre caelum,

Ov. M. 1, 23:

Europen ab Afro (medius liquor),

Hor. C. 3, 3, 47:

muro denique secernantur a nobis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

inermes ab armatis,

Liv. 41, 3:

militem a populo (in spectaculis),

Suet. Aug. 44:

se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.:

se ab Etruscis,

Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.:

antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, a); so,

saepta ab aliis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 8:

manus a nobis,

Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552:

sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione,

Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

sucus a reliquo cibo,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

bilis ab eo cibo,

id. ib. al.:

secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur,

Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30:

secretis alterius ab altero criminibus,

id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10:

se e grege imperatorum,

id. 35, 14 fin.:

unum e praetextatis compluribus,

Suet. Aug. 94 med.:

monile ex omni gazā,

id. Galb. 18:

me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo,

separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—

Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).

With simple acc.:

hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter,

set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—

With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;

sic, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95:

animum a corpore,

id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75:

tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris,

id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.:

ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore,

Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2:

sua a publicis consiliis,

Liv. 4, 57:

haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus,

Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.:

cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas,

Cic. Sull. 1, 3:

publica privatis, sacra profanis,

Hor. A. P. 397.—

To distinguish, discern:

blandum amicum a vero,

Cic. Lael. 25, 95:

non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit,

id. Top. 7, 31:

nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 113:

turpi honestum,

id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—

To set aside, reject:

cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3:

minus idoneos senatores,

Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus).

In gen.:

ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc.,

Liv. 1, 52:

electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam,

Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2:

arva,

Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—

In partic.

Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:

solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat,

Hor. A. P. 298:

locus (opp. celeber),

Quint. 11, 1, 47:

montes,

Ov. M. 11, 765:

silva,

id. ib. 7, 75:

litora,

id. ib. 12, 196:

pars domus (the gynaeceum),

id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.:

secretissimus locus (navis),

Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38:

iter (with semita),

solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf.

quies,

Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret:

invadit secretissimos tumultus,

Sen. Ep. 91, 5:

vacuis porticibus secretus agitat,

Tac. A. 11, 21:

est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus,

private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so,

studia (opp. forum),

id. 12, 6, 4:

disputationes,

id. 12, 2, 7:

contentio,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:

cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet,

Quint. 10, 7, 16:

secreti longi causā,

Ov. H. 21, 21:

altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce,

id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.:

se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 71:

horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,

Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18:

dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia),

id. 1, 4, 5:

cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt,

Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.— Comp.:

haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur,

into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —

Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:

tempus in secreto lbi tereret,

Liv. 26, 19, 5:

reus in secreto agebatur,

Curt. 10, 4, 29.—

That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:

secreta ducis pectora,

Mart. 5, 5, 4:

secretas advocat artes,

Ov. M. 7, 138:

ars,

Petr. 3:

litterae (with familiares),

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

carmina (the Sibylline odes),

Luc. 1, 599:

libidines,

Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.:

quaedam imperii pignora,

Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab:

nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent,

Liv. 39, 10, 1.— Comp.:

libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis,

Tac. Agr. 40:

praemia (opp. publica largitio),

id. H. 1, 24:

aliud (nomen),

Quint. 1, 4, 25:

vitium stomachi,

Mart. 3, 77, 9.— Poet. for the adv. secreto:

tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige,

in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.:

stridere secreta divisos aure susurros,

secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence,

Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:

secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit,

Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23:

illuc me persecutus secretum petit,

a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11:

petito secreto futura aperit,

Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.:

crebra cum amicis secreta habere,

Tac. A. 13, 18:

animi secreta proferuntur,

Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141:

nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui,

Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

omnium secreta rimari,

Tac. A. 6, 3:

horribile secretum,

Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66:

uxor omnis secreti capacissima,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.:

lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident,

that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.:

introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat,

Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.:

gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci,

id. G. 22:

oratio animi secreta detegit,

Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.:

(Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent,

i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.:

secretiora quaedam,

magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14:

in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli,

among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—

Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):

(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc.,

Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci glôssas vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which:

glossemata id est voces minus usitatas,

id. 1, 8, 15).—

In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:

nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus),

Lucr. 1, 194:

(corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore),

id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare).

(Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:

de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius,

Col. 11, 2, 25. —

(Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.

sēcrē-tō:

mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73:

secreto illum adjutabo,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

secreto hoc audi,

Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2:

nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 67:

secreto te huc seduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14:

facere,

id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4:

secreto ab aliis,

Liv. 3, 36:

secreto agere cum aliquo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—

sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin. —

Comp.:

secretius emittitur inflatio,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —

sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

sē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

To lead aside or apart, to draw aside; to lead away, carry off; to set aside, put by, etc. (syn. sevoco).

Lit. (class.):

te huc foras seduxi, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14; cf.:

Pamphilus me solum seducit foras,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 69:

me rursus seducit,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

aliquem solum seorsum ab aedibus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95:

aliquem paululum a turbā,

Petr. 13, 2:

singulos separatim,

Liv. 30, 5:

aliquem blandā manu,

Ov. M. 2, 691:

aliquem in secretum,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 11 al. — Absol.:

prehendit dextram, seducit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 60:

quod a te seductus est tuoque beneficio adhuc vivit,

was withdrawn, taken out of the way, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; cf.:

aliquem a debitā peste,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

ocellos,

to turn away, avert, Prop. 1, 9, 27.—

Of abstract subjects: et dum avaritia seducere aliquid cupit atque in suum vertere, omnia fecit aliena,

to lay by, Sen. Ep. 90, 38. —

Trop.

In gen., to remove, separate, etc. (not ante-Aug. and rare):

quiddam a corporibus seductum,

Sen. Ep. 117, 13:

non potes (Helvia) ad obtinendum dolorem muliebre nomen praetendere, ex quo te virtutes tuae seduxerunt,

have removed, separated you, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16:

vacuos ocellos,

Prop. 1, 9, 27.—

In partic., to lead astray, mislead, seduce (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 8; Aug. Conf. 2, 3 med.; id. Tract. in Johan. 29; id. Civ. Dei, 14, 11 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 22, 16 et saep.—

Tc. put asunder, separate, divide (only poet. and rare;

syn.: secerno, sejungo): seducit terras haec brevis unda duas,

Ov. H. 19, 142; so,

immensos recessus (Caspia claustra),

Luc. 8, 291:

quarto seducunt castra volatu,

i. e. divide into two adverse squadrons, Ov. M. 13, 611:

plura locuturi subito seducimur imbre,

id. F. 4, 385.—With abl.:

cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus,

Verg. A. 4, 385.—Hence, sēductus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), remote, distant, apart ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ex alto seductas aethere longe Despectat terras,

Ov. M. 4, 622:

recessus gurgitis,

id. ib. 13, 902. —Of distance in an upward direction:

mons erat audaci seductus in aethera dorso,

far uplifted, lofty, Stat. Th. 3, 460:

consilia non publica sed in privato seductaque a plurium conscientiā,

Liv. 2, 54, 7:

ut illis non minus hos seductos et quasi rusticos,

retired, living in solitude, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 5:

seductum vitae genus,

retired, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2; cf.:

quorum (hominum) maxime in seducto actiones sunt,

in retirement, solitude, id. Tranq. 3, 2.

sē-grĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

seque gregari,

Lucr. 1, 452), v. a. [grex].

To set apart or separate from the flock (very rare):

oves segregatas (a capellis),

Phaedr. 3, 15, 3:

mater Segregat egregiam subolem,

Nemes. Cyn. 156 sq.; cf.:

Sicut pastor segregat oves ab haedis,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 32.—

In gen. (cf. congrego, II.), to set apart, lay aside, put away; to separate, remove, segregate.

Lit., Lucr. 1, 452:

exclusit illum a re publicā, distraxit, segregavit scelus ipsius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 29:

aliquem ab se,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 10:

non modo non segregandum a numero civium verum etiam adsciscendum,

Cic. Arch. 2, 4:

aliquem ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 17:

ne abs te hanc segreges neu deseras,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 56:

vulgus ab se,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 6; id. Hec. 3, 5, 30; 5, 1, 26; 5, 2, 23; 5, 2, 30; cf.:

se ab aliquo,

Quint. 1, 2, 20; Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6; Stat. Th. 12, 184:

aliquem e senatu,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 9: captivis productis segregatisque, separated (the allies and the Romans), Liv. 22, 58.—

Trop., to separate, remove away from; to divide, etc. (syn.:

sepono, sejungo, removeo): spes, opes auxiliaque ab aliquo,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 2:

ista feritas a communi tamquam humanitatis corpore segreganda est,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.:

haec (eloquendi vis) nos a vitā immani et ferā segregavit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

suspicionem et culpam ab se,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; id. As. 4, 1, 29:

virtutem a summo bono,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

civitatis causam a Polyarato,

Liv. 45, 22; cf.:

publicam causam a privatorum culpā,

id. 45, 23:

iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

(beata vita) a comitatu pulcherrimo segregata,

id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: cives ore obscena dicta segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 16, and 206, 2:

sermonem,

i. e. to be silent, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 136; cf.: ore obscena segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 511 Rib.):

ut segregaret pugnam eorum (Curiatiorum),

divide, separate, Liv. 1, 25:

a peccatoribus,

Vulg. Heb. 7, 26; to set apart for a special work, id. Rom. 1, 1; cf. id. Act. 13, 2.—Part.: sēgrĕgātus, a, um; comp. segregatior, more isolated, Rufin. Orig. Prin. 1, 1, 7.

sē-grĕgo, āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

seque gregari,

Lucr. 1, 452), v. a. [grex].

To set apart or separate from the flock (very rare):

oves segregatas (a capellis),

Phaedr. 3, 15, 3:

mater Segregat egregiam subolem,

Nemes. Cyn. 156 sq.; cf.:

Sicut pastor segregat oves ab haedis,

Vulg. Matt. 25, 32.—

In gen. (cf. congrego, II.), to set apart, lay aside, put away; to separate, remove, segregate.

Lit., Lucr. 1, 452:

exclusit illum a re publicā, distraxit, segregavit scelus ipsius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 29:

aliquem ab se,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 10:

non modo non segregandum a numero civium verum etiam adsciscendum,

Cic. Arch. 2, 4:

aliquem ab aliquo,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 17:

ne abs te hanc segreges neu deseras,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 56:

vulgus ab se,

id. Heaut. 2, 4, 6; id. Hec. 3, 5, 30; 5, 1, 26; 5, 2, 23; 5, 2, 30; cf.:

se ab aliquo,

Quint. 1, 2, 20; Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6; Stat. Th. 12, 184:

aliquem e senatu,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 9: captivis productis segregatisque, separated (the allies and the Romans), Liv. 22, 58.—

Trop., to separate, remove away from; to divide, etc. (syn.:

sepono, sejungo, removeo): spes, opes auxiliaque ab aliquo,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 2:

ista feritas a communi tamquam humanitatis corpore segreganda est,

Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.:

haec (eloquendi vis) nos a vitā immani et ferā segregavit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

suspicionem et culpam ab se,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; id. As. 4, 1, 29:

virtutem a summo bono,

Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30:

civitatis causam a Polyarato,

Liv. 45, 22; cf.:

publicam causam a privatorum culpā,

id. 45, 23:

iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182:

(beata vita) a comitatu pulcherrimo segregata,

id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: cives ore obscena dicta segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 16, and 206, 2:

sermonem,

i. e. to be silent, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 136; cf.: ore obscena segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 511 Rib.):

ut segregaret pugnam eorum (Curiatiorum),

divide, separate, Liv. 1, 25:

a peccatoribus,

Vulg. Heb. 7, 26; to set apart for a special work, id. Rom. 1, 1; cf. id. Act. 13, 2.—Part.: sēgrĕgātus, a, um; comp. segregatior, more isolated, Rufin. Orig. Prin. 1, 1, 7.

sē-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a., to move apart, to put aside, remove, separate (rare but class.; syn.: sepono, sejungo).

Lit.:

vos semotae, nos soli,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 50:

qui ante voce praeconis a liberis semovebantur,

Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 26.—

Trop., to part, separate, remove:

Strato ab eā disciplinā omnino semovendus est,

Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 34:

omnes sententias eorum omnino a philosophiā,

id. Fin. 2, 13, 39:

te a curis,

Lucr. 1, 51;

for which, also: curā metuque,

id. 2, 19:

egestatem ab dulci vitā,

id. 3, 66:

verba,

Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 19:

voluptatem semovendam esse,

id. Fin. 5, 8.— Hence, sēmōtus, a, um, P. a., remote, distant, far removed.

Lit.: colloquium petunt semoto a militibus loco, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84:

munitiones semotarum partium, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: longe semota tuemur,

Lucr. 5, 579; 4, 288:

terris semota,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 21:

semoti prius tarda necessitas Leti corripuit gradum,

id. C. 1, 3, 32.—

Trop.:

omnis divum natura Semota ab nostris rebus sejunctaque longe,

remote, different, distinct, Lucr. 2, 648:

cura semotu' metuque,

id. 2, 19:

semota ab dulci vitā stabilique,

id. 3, 66.— Comp.:

quo nihil a sapientis ratione semotius,

Lact. 5, 15 med.:

ut eorum disputationes et arcana semotaé dictionis peritus exciperem,

i. e. of their familiar conversation, Tac. Or. 2.—

* Adv.: sēmōtē, separately, apart, Marc. Emp. 20.

sē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 ( part. perf. sync. sepostus, Sil. 8, 378; 17, 281; but, sepositus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 84), v. a., to lay apart or aside; to put by, separate, pick out, select, etc. (class.; not in Cæs.; syn.: sejungo, segrego, recondo).

Lit.

In gen.:

seponi et occultari,

Cic. Att. 11, 24, 2; cf.:

aliquid habere sepositum et reconditum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; so (with conditus) id. Div. 2, 54, 112; cf.:

ornamenta seposita (for which, just before, recondita),

id. de Or. 1, 35, 162:

id ego ad illud fanum (sc. ornandum) sepositum putabam,

id. Att. 15, 15, 3:

captivam pecuniam in aedificationem templi,

Liv. 1, 53, 3:

primitias magno Jovi,

Ov. F. 3, 730:

nonnullos ex principibus legit ac seposuit ad pompam,

Suet. Calig. 47:

se et pecuniam et frumentum in decem annos seposuisse,

Liv. 42, 52, 12:

sors aliquem seponit ac servat, qui cum victore contendat,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 21:

interesse pugnae imperatorem an seponi melius foret, dubitavere,

to place himself at a distance, withdraw, Tac. H. 2, 33:

de mille sagittis Unam seposuit,

picked out, selected, Ov. M. 5, 381.—

In partic., to send into banishment, to banish, exile (post-Aug.; cf.

relego): aliquem a domo,

Tac. A. 3, 12:

aliquem in provinciam specie legationis,

id. H. 1, 13 fin.:

aliquem in secretum Asiae,

id. ib. 1, 10:

in insulam,

id. ib. 1, 46 fin.; 1, 88; 2, 63; id. A. 4, 44; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tib. 15; id. Oth. 3; id. Tit. 9.—

Trop., to lay or set aside mentally:

id quod primum se obtulerit,

Quint. 7, 1, 27.—

To set apart, assign, appropriate, reserve, for any purpose, etc.:

ut alius aliam sibi partem, in quā elaboraret, seponeret,

Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132:

sibi ad eam rem tempus,

to fix, id. Or. 42, 143; cf.:

quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur,

Tac. A. 14, 54:

materiam senectuti seposui,

have set apart, reserved for my old age, id. H. 1, 1:

seposuit Aegyptum,

he sequestered Egypt, made it forbidden ground, id. A. 2, 59 fin.:

sepositus servilibus poenis locus,

id. ib. 15, 60:

quā de re sepositus est nobis locus,

made it a special division of the subject, Quint. 1, 10, 26.—

To remove, take away from others, exclude, select, etc.: Jovem diffusum nectare curas Seposuisse graves, had laid aside, i. e. had discarded for a while, Ov. M. 3, 319:

(Graecos) seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc.,

to have separated, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22:

ratio suadendi ab honesti quaestione seposita est,

Quint. 12, 2, 16.— Poet. with simple abl.: si modo Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, to separate, i. e. distinguish, Hor. A. P. 273.—Hence, sē-pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a. (only poet. and rare).

Distant, remote, = remotus:

fons,

Prop. 1, 20, 24:

gens,

Mart. Spect. 3, 1:

mare,

Sen. Med. 339.—

Distinct, special:

mea seposita est et ab omni milite dissors Gloria,

Ov. Am. 2, 12, 11.—

Select, choice:

vestis,

sumptuous garments, Tib. 2, 5, 8:

seposito de grege,

Mart. 2, 43, 4.