semoveo

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.

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