separate

ăb-ălĭēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., orig. to make alien from one or from one's self, i.e. to remove, separate.

Prop.

In gen.:

istuc crucior a viro me tali abalienarier,

to be separated from such a man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 11; so id. Trin. 2, 4, 112 and 156 (but in Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 26, the correct read. is alienavit).—

In partic.

T. t., to convey the ownership of a thing to another, to make a legal transfer, to sell, alienate (cf. abalienatio):

eam (picturam) vendat: ni in quadriduo Abalienârit, quo ex argentum acceperit,

has sold, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 20; so,

agros vectigales populi Romani,

Cic. Agr. 2, 24, 64; cf. id. ib. 2, 27, 72:

praedium,

Dig. 10, 3, 14:

pecus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

sepulcrum,

Inscr. Orell. 4357:

aliquid ab se,

ib. 3673.—

In med. lang.:

membra morbis atalienata,

i. e. dead, Quint. 8, 3, 75:

opium sensus abalienat,

makes unconscious, Scrib. Comp. 190: cf. id. ib. 192.

Trop.

In gen., to separate, remove, abstract:

nisi mors meum animum aps to abalienavit,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 18; so,

assueti malis abalienaverant ab sensu rerum suarum animos,

had abstracted their thoughts from, Liv. 5, 42 fin.:

de minuti capite, abalienati jure civium,

deprived of, id. 22, 60, 15.

In partic., to alienate, estrange, render disaffected (Ciceron.: syn.: alienare, inimicissimum reddere, disjungere; opp. conciliare, retinere); constr. aliquem or aliquid. with ab, the abl. or acc. only, or quite absol. ( a) With ab:

si in homines caros acerbius invehare, nonne a te judices abalienes?

Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 304; so id. ib. 2, 48 fin.; 3, 25, 98; id. Fam. 1, 8, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 27:

vaide benevolentiam concillant abalienantque ab iis, in quibus, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:

animum ab se,

Liv. 45, 6, 1. —

With abl.:

quo erant ipsl propter judicia abalienati,

Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199 B. and K.: quod Tissaphernes perjurio [p. 5] suo et homines suis rebus abalienaret et deos sibi iratos redderet, Nep. Ages. 2, 5 (cf. supra, II. A., the passage of Liv. 22, 60, 15). —

The acc. only:

qui nos, quos favendo In communi causā retinere potuerunt, invidendo abalienārunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7:

totam Africam,

to estrange, Nep. Ham. 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 4:

(noster amicus) mirandum in modum est animo abalienato,

alien ated, Cic. Att. 1, 3, 3; cf.:

indigna patientium abalienabantur animi,

Liv. 25, 38, 4.—

Absol. (very rate):

timebant ne arguendo abalienarent,

Liv. S, 2 fin. (for which, in the foll. ch.: ita Campanos abalienavit).

ab-scindo, cĭdi, cissum, 3, v. a., to tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.).

Lit.:

tunicam a pectore abscidit,

he tore the tunic down from his breast, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1:

cervicibus fractis caput abscidit,

cut off, id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.:

umeris abscindere vestem,

Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23:

nec quidquam deus abscidit terras,

torn asunder, separated, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.:

venas,

to open the veins, Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.—

Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare):

reditus dulces,

to cut off, Hor. Epod. 16, 35:

inane soldo,

to separate, id. S. 1, 2, 113:

querelas alicujus,

Val. Fl. 2, 160:

jus,

Dig. 28, 2, 9, § 2.

dī-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to draw apart; to part, split, separate, sever, sunder, divide (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ventus eas (sc. nubes) leviter diducit,

Lucr. 6, 215:

cum compresserat digitos pugnumque fecerat... cum autem diduxerat et manum dilataverat, etc.,

Cic. Or. 32, 113;

of the graceful movements of the arms in dancing: molli diducit candida gestu brachia,

Prop. 3, 15, 5 (Müll. al. deducit):

candida seu molli diducit brachia motu,

Stat. S. 3, 5, 66; cf.

oculum,

Cels. 7, 7, 4:

supercilium volnere diductum,

Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 157:

pedem et crus in diversa,

Cels. 8, 22:

os,

Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 36:

nares, Quint 11, 3, 80: labra,

ib. 81:

fauces immani hiatu,

to stretch, Sil. 3, 194:

rictum risu,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 7 et saep.:

nodos manu,

Ov. M. 2, 560; cf.:

complexus vestros,

Prop. 1, 13, 19:

humum,

Ov. M. 8, 588; cf.:

arva et urbes,

Verg. A. 3, 419:

terram,

id. G. 2, 354:

scopulos (Hannibal),

Juv. 10, 153; cf.

of natural cleavings of the earth,

Tac. A. 2, 47; 12, 69: cibum, i. e. to digest = digerere, Cels. 3, 4 fin.; v. the foll.:

mixti neque inter se diducti colores,

Cels. 2, 8 et saep.—With in:

crudam materiam in corpus omne diduci, Cels. praef.: maxima flumina in rivos diducuntur,

Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf.:

domum in multos diductam recessus,

id. 11, 2, 18. —

In partic. milit. t. t., to separate the forces, in a good or (more freq.) in a bad sense; to divide, distribute; to disperse, scatter:

diductis nostris paullatim navibus,

Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 2:

instruunt aciem diductam in cornua,

Liv. 5, 38, 1 Drak.; cf.:

diducta propere in cornua levis armatura est,

id. 21, 55, 5:

diductis in latera viribus,

Front. Strat. 2, 3, 8 Oud.:

ordines,

id. ib. 2, 3, 12;

2, 6, 4: copias,

Caes. B. C. 3, 111, 2:

cornua,

Liv. 31, 21, 14:

robur,

Luc. 3, 584 Cort.; and poet.:

choros,

Verg. A. 5, 581:

ubi Crassus animadvertit, suas copias propter exiguitatem non facile diduci,

Caes. B. G. 3, 23, 7; 6, 34, 5; id. B. C. 3. 40, 2; Sall. J. 25, 9; Liv. 26, 41; Tac. A. 2, 11; 4, 2; Front. Strat. 4, 7, 31 et saep.—

Trop. (mostly post-Aug.):

cum diducaris ab eo, quicum libentissime vixeris,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55 fin.; cf.:

amicitias cohaerentes, Sen. de Ira, 2, 29: nuptias,

id. Contr. 2, 13; cf.

matrimonium,

Suet. Oth. 3; and:

si repudio diducta fuerit,

Sen. Contr. 2, 10:

diducta civitas ut civili bello,

divided into parties, Tac. A. 4, 17; cf.

below: in sterili jejunaque materia, eandem speciem laudis diducere ac spargere,

Plin. Pan. 66, 1; cf.

argumenta,

Quint. 4, 2, 82; 5, 13, 12:

nomina,

id. 6, 3, 17 Spald.:

litem domini et conductoris,

i. e. to settle, adjust, Col. 3, 13, 12 et saep.—With in:

assem in partes centum,

Hor. A. P. 326:

in tres partes medicina diducta est, Cels. praef.: haec omnia rursus in species,

Quint. 2, 14, 5; cf. id. 5, 10, 61; 94 al.:

divisionem in digitos,

to tell off on one's fingers, id. 4, 5, 24 (coupled with partiri); cf.

argumenta,

id. 11, 1, 53:

animum in tam multiplex officium,

id. 20, 7, 9:

ultio senatum in studia diduxerat,

Tac. H. 4, 6; 2, 68; cf.:

seditio in diversa consilia diduxerat vulgum,

Curt. 9, 1; of classification, to divide: in tres partes medicinam, Cels. praef.

dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre ( inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi:

disque tulissent,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14), v. a. and n.

Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).

Lit.:

scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,

Lucr. 2, 675; cf.:

favillam longe (ventus),

id. 6, 692:

nubila (vis venti),

id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197:

ignem (ventus),

Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt,

id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

majorem partem classis (vis Africi),

Vell. 2, 79, 2:

rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus),

Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis,

id. Rud. 2, 3, 39; cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.:

ulmos in versum,

Verg. G. 4, 144:

ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; cf.:

insepulta membra (lupi),

Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and:

Mettum in diversa (quadrigae),

Verg. A. 8, 643. —

Trop.

To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:

differor clamore,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 15:

cupidine ejus,

id. Poen. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

amore istius,

id. Mil. 4, 4, 27:

laetitia,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 3:

doloribus,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 40.—Less freq. act.:

aliquem dictis,

to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125; cf. Ter. And. 2, 4, 5 Ruhnk.—

To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).

With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.:

rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant,

Varr. ib. 18:

commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus,

Liv. 34, 49:

promissum jus anulorum fama distulit,

Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.:

ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; Ter. Heaut. prol. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause:

rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset,

Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset,

Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—

With acc. pers.:

aliquem pipulo,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24:

dominos variis rumoribus,

Tac. A. 1, 4:

te circum omnes alias puellas,

to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10:

alterna differor invidia,

Prop. 1, 16, 48.—

With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).

With acc. rei:

cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem,

id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.:

saepe vadimonia,

id. Quint. 5 fin.:

iter in praesentia,

Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4:

pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus),

Hor. A. P. 44:

distulit ira sitim,

Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.:

differri jam hora non potest,

Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

tempus,

id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.:

diem de die,

Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.:

quaerere distuli,

Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin:

nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent,

Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.:

reliqua in crastinum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.:

in posterum diem,

id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:

in posterum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5:

in aliud tempus,

Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2:

in adventum tuum,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.:

diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec.,

id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:

curandi tempus in annum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. — Poet.:

tropaea in pueros suos,

to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad:

aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus,

Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—

With acc. pers.:

sin autem differs me in tempus aliud,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8:

differri non posse adeo concitatos animos,

id. 7, 14:

dilatus per frustrationem,

id. 25, 25; cf.:

aliquem variis frustrationibus,

Just. 9, 6 fin.:

Campanos,

Liv. 26, 33:

aliquem petentem,

Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.:

caros amicos (opp. properare),

Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.:

decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat,

id. ib. 12, 76:

aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris,

Liv. 39, 32:

aliquem in septimum diem,

Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad:

legati ad novos magistratus dilati,

Liv. 41, 8:

aliquem ad finem muneris,

Suet. Vit. 12:

quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem,

Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post:

aliquid post bellum differre,

Liv. 4, 6, 4.—

Absol. Prov.: differ;

habent parvae commoda magna morae,

Ov. F. 3, 394.

Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.:

discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant,

Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.:

naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt,

id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo [p. 575] differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59:

distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre,

id. ib. 14:

nihil aut non fere multum differre,

id. Brut. 40 fin.:

paulum differre,

id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.:

nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.:

quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc.,

id. ib. 166.—

With ab:

ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis,

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18:

quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus,

Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.:

quid hoc ab illo differt?

id. Caecin. 14:

non multum ab hostili expugnatione,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.:

multum a Gallica consuetudine,

Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5:

hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—

With inter (esp. impers.):

si nihil inter deum et deum differt,

Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70:

nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat,

id. Rep. 1, 43:

ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros,

id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4:

haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt,

id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.:

quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt,

id. 5, 14, 27.—

Rarely with cum:

occasio cum tempore hoc differt,

Cic. Inv. 1, 27:

hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr. —

Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin. —

Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.:

quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

tragico differre colori,

id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.—Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior:

differentius nomen,

a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.—

* Adv.: diffĕren-ter, differently, Sol. 1.

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.

dis-sŏcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to separate from fellowship, to disjoin, disunite.

Lit. (almost exclusively poet.):

artas partis,

Lucr. 5, 355; cf.:

dissociata locis concordi pace ligavit,

Ov. M. 1, 25: montes opaca valle, * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 5:

Bruttia ora profundo,

Stat. S. 1, 3, 32.—

Trop., to separate in sentiment, to disunite, set at variance, estrange (freq. in Cic.):

morum dissimilitudo dissociat amicitias,

Cic. Lael. 20, 74:

homines antea dissociatos jucundissimo inter se sermonis vinculo colligavit,

id. Rep. 3, 2; so,

barbarorum copias,

Tac. A. 12, 55 fin.:

populum armis civilibus,

Front. Strat. 1, 10, 4:

animos civium,

Nep. Att. 2, 2:

disertos a doctis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 72 (cf. shortly before: doctrinarum divortia facta); cf.:

legionem a legione,

Tac. A. 1, 28 fin.:

excidium (Tencteris) minitans ni causam suam dissociarent,

gave up, abandoned, id. ib. 13, 56 (shortly before: illi Tencteros, ulteriores etiam nationes socias bello vocabant); id. H. 4, 37.

dī-vello, velli (Ov. M. 11, 38;

but divulsi,

Sen. Hippol. 1173), vulsum, 3, v. a.

To rend asunder, to tear in pieces, to separate violently, to tear (class.; cf.: findo, scindo, dirimo, segrego, secerno).

Lit.:

res a natura copulatas audebit divellere,

Cic. Off. 3, 18 fin.:

corpus, et undis spargere,

Verg. A. 4, 600; so,

corpus,

Ov. M. 4, 112:

agnam,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 27; cf.:

suos artus lacero morsu,

Ov. M. 8, 878:

membra,

id. Tr. 3, 9, 27; id. M. 13, 865 et saep.:

magnos montes manibus,

i. e. to cleave, Lucr. 1, 202; cf.:

mediam partem quercus (with discidere),

Gell. 15, 16, 3:

nodos manibus,

to untie, Verg. A. 2, 220:

paenulam sentibus,

Suet. Ner. 48:

nubem,

Lucr. 6, 203; cf.:

moenia mundi,

id. 6, 122.—

Trop., to tear violently apart, remove, destroy, sunder:

commoda civium,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82:

rem dissolutam divulsamque conglutinare,

id. de Or. 1, 41, 188; cf. id. ib. 3, 6, 24:

affinitas divelli nullo modo poterat,

to be dissolved, destroyed, id. Quint. 6, 25; cf.

amicitiam,

Sen. Ep. 6; and:

amorem querimoniis,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 19:

somnos (cura),

id. Ep. 1, 10, 18:

distineor et divellor dolore,

am distracted, Cic. Planc. 33, 79.—

(Like distraho, II.) To tear away, separate, remove from something (class.).

Lit.:

membra divellere ac distrahere,

Cic. Sull. 20 fin.:

aliquem ab aliquo,

id. Cat. 2, 10, 22; id. Mil. 36:

liberos a parentum complexu,

Sall. C. 51, 9;

for which: aliquem dulci amplexu,

Verg. A. 8, 568; cf.:

Damalin adultero,

Hor. C. 1, 36, 19:

nec me umquam Gyas (sc. a te),

id. ib. 2, 17, 15.—

Trop.:

sapientiam, temperantiam, a voluptate divellere ac distrahere,

Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50. —So of persons, to draw away from one in feeling, to estrange:

qui a me mei servatorem capitis divellat ac distrahat,

Cic. Planc. 42, 102.

dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).

Lit.

To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:

qui divertebat in proximo,

Amm. 14, 7, 15:

in cenaculum,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:

ad hominem peccatorem,

to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —

Of a married woman, to leave her husband:

(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.

so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,

ib. 5, 1, 42:

nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,

Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—

Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:

divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.

Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).

Lit.:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28:

fenestrae,

opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.

ripa,

Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:

iter a proposito diversum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:

diverso ab ea regione itinere,

id. ib. 3, 41, 4:

diversis ab flumine regionibus,

id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:

diversam aciem constituit,

id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:

duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):

diversum ad mare dejectus,

Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:

procurrentibus in diversa terris,

id. Agr. 11:

in diversum flectere,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

binas per diversum coassationes substernere,

cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—

Trop.

In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:

varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,

Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:

quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?

Vell. 2, 75, 2:

pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,

Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:

ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,

Sall. J. 85, 20:

diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:

est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:

initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,

pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:

diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,

Vell. 1, 13, 3:

dividere bona diversis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;

nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:

divorsius,

Lucr. 3, 803.—

In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:

certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32:

regio ab se diversa,

Liv. 32, 38:

diversos iterum conjungere amantes,

Prop. 1, 10, 15:

acies,

Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:

factio,

Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.

partes,

id. Caes. 1:

diversae partis advocatus,

opposite, id. Gramm. 4:

diversi ordiuntur, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

subsellia,

of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:

minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,

are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:

nullo in diversum auctore,

Tac. A. 12, 69:

consistentis ex diverso patroni,

on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:

ex diverso,

id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;

also: e diverso,

Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:

sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.

In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).

Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:

diversae state,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:

diversi pugnabant,

separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,

jam antea diversi audistis,

Sall. C. 20, 5; and:

sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,

Liv. 10, 25:

diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:

ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,

Liv. 42, 8:

age diversos et disice corpora ponto,

Verg. A. 1, 70:

diversi consules discedunt,

Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:

quo diversus abis?

away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:

in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,

loca,

id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:

diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,

Liv. 4, 22:

itinera,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:

proelium,

fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:

Aesar,

i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;

708: diverso terrarum distineri,

distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—

Trop.

Different, unlike, dissimilar:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:

variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,

id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:

diversa ac dissimilis pars,

id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:

diversa studia in dissimili ratione,

id. Cat. 2, 5:

flumina diversa locis,

Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:

oris habitu simili aut diverso,

Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:

ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,

Tac. A. 14, 19:

a proposita ratione diversum,

Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:

ab his longe diversae litterae,

Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:

huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,

id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:

diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,

Tac. A. 1, 49:

diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,

Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:

eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,

id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—

Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:

metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,

Sall. J. 25, 6:

qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,

Tac. H. 4, 84:

diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,

Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,

pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,

Sall. C. 61, 3:

multifariam diverseque tendere,

Suet. Galb. 19.—

Trop. of the mind:

curae meum animum divorse trahunt,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,

differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:

diversissime adfici,

very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:

uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,

in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

dī-verto ( vorto), ti, sum, 3, v. n., to turn or go different ways, to part, separate, turn aside (in the verb. finit. rare; not in the class. per.).

Lit.

To turn out of the way; hence, of travellers, to stop, lodge, sojourn:

qui divertebat in proximo,

Amm. 14, 7, 15:

in cenaculum,

Vulg. 4 Reg. 4, 11:

ad hominem peccatorem,

to visit, id. Luc. 19, 7 al. —

Of a married woman, to leave her husband:

(uxor) sive diverterit, sive nupta est adhuc,

Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 30; cf.

so of divorce: si uxor a legato diverterit,

ib. 5, 1, 42:

nullis matrimoniis divertentibus,

Gell. 4, 3. V. also divortium.—

Trop., to deviate from each other, to differ:

divortunt mores virgini longe ac lupae,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 22.—Hence, dīversus ( - vorsus), a, um, P. a., turned different ways.

Set over against each other, opposite, contrary (freq. and class.; cf.: adversus, contrarius).

Lit.:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28:

fenestrae,

opposite each other, Prop. 1, 3, 31; cf.

ripa,

Sil. 1, 264 Drak.:

iter a proposito diversum,

Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 1; cf.:

diverso ab ea regione itinere,

id. ib. 3, 41, 4:

diversis ab flumine regionibus,

id. B. G. 6, 25, 3:

diversam aciem constituit,

id. B. C. 1, 40, 5:

duo cinguli maxime inter se diversi, i. e. the two polar circles,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20 (13):

diversum ad mare dejectus,

Tac. A. 2, 60; cf.:

procurrentibus in diversa terris,

id. Agr. 11:

in diversum flectere,

Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248:

binas per diversum coassationes substernere,

cross-wise, Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 186.—

Trop.

In gen., different, diverse, opposite, contrary, conflicting (cf.:

varius, differens, discrepans, multiplex): monstrum ex contrariis diversisque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum,

Cic. Cael. 5 fin.; cf.:

quis non diversa praesentibus contrariaque expectatis aut speret aut timeat?

Vell. 2, 75, 2:

pessuma ac divorsa inter se mala, luxuria atque avaritia,

Sall. C. 5, 8; cf. Liv. 34, 4.—In the sup.:

ne illi falsi sunt, qui diversissimas res pariter exspectant, ignaviae voluptatem et praemia virtutis,

Sall. J. 85, 20:

diversa sibi ambo consilia capiunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 30, 1:

est huic diversum vitio vitium prope majus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 5; cf. Vell. 2, 80, 2:

initio reges diversi pars ingenium, alii corpus exercebant,

pursuing opposite courses, Sall. C. 2, 1:

diversi imperatoribus (sc. Scipioni et Mummio) mores, diversa fuerunt studia,

Vell. 1, 13, 3:

dividere bona diversis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 114; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3; Vell. 2, 60 fin. et saep.—Of conflicting passions: Pentheum diripuisse aiunt Bacchas;

nugas fuisse credo, prae quo pacto ego divorsus distrahor,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 2.— Comp.:

divorsius,

Lucr. 3, 803.—

In partic. (like contrarius, II. 2.), inimically opposed, of hostile or opposite opinions, unfriendly, hostile:

certa igitur cum illo, qui a te totus diversus est,

Cic. Ac. 2, 32:

regio ab se diversa,

Liv. 32, 38:

diversos iterum conjungere amantes,

Prop. 1, 10, 15:

acies,

Tac. A. 13, 57; 14, 30:

factio,

Suet. Caes. 20; id. Tib. 3 fin.; cf.

partes,

id. Caes. 1:

diversae partis advocatus,

opposite, id. Gramm. 4:

diversi ordiuntur, etc.,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

subsellia,

of the opponents, Quint. 11, 3, 133; cf. Tac. Or. 34:

minuere invidiam aut in diversum eam transferre,

Quint. 11, 1, 64:

defectio Tarentinorum utrum priore anno an hoc facta sit, in diversum auctores trahunt,

are not agreed, Liv. 25, 11 fin.; cf.:

nullo in diversum auctore,

Tac. A. 12, 69:

consistentis ex diverso patroni,

on the opposite side, Quint. 4, 1, 42:

ex diverso,

id. 5, 11, 43; Tac. A. 13, 40; id. H. 4, 16 et saep.;

also: e diverso,

Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Just. 30, 4, 6; the latter in Sueton, and the elder Pliny, i. q. contra, on the contrary:

sunt qui putent, etc.... Alii e diverso, etc.,

Suet. Caes. 86; cf. id. Aug. 27; id. Dom. 9; Plin. 2, 50, 51, § 135; 5, 9, 10, § 56 al.; cf. Sillig. ad Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 35; Gai. Inst. 2, 16.

In different directions, apart, separate (so most freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).

Lit.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, spread out in opposite directions, i. e. his limbs, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14:

diversae state,

id. Truc. 4, 3, 14; cf.:

diversi pugnabant,

separately, Caes. B. C. 1, 58, 4; so,

jam antea diversi audistis,

Sall. C. 20, 5; and:

sive juncti unum premant, sive id diversi gerant bellum,

Liv. 10, 25:

diversi dissipatique in omnes partes fugere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 4; cf.:

ex diversa fuga in unum collecti,

Liv. 42, 8:

age diversos et disice corpora ponto,

Verg. A. 1, 70:

diversi consules discedunt,

Liv. 10, 33, 10; 22, 56; Nep. Dat. 11, 3 al.; cf.:

quo diversus abis?

away, Verg. A. 5, 166; 11, 855:

qui (portus) cum diversos inter se aditus habeant, in exitu conjunguntur et confluunt,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 52 fin.; cf. id. Agr. 2, 32, 87; Liv. 40, 22:

in locis disjunctissimis maximeque diversis,

very widely separated, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 4; so,

loca,

id. ib. 16; Caes. B. G. 2, 22, 1 et saep.—Cf. in the sup.:

diversissimis locis subeundo ad moenia,

Liv. 4, 22:

itinera,

Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 2:

proelium,

fought in different places, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19, 2 et saep.: sunt ea innumerabilia, quae a diversis emebantur, by various people, individuals (as an indefinite term for persons), Cic. Phil. 2, 37. — Poet., i. q. remotus, remote, far-distant:

Aesar,

i. e. flowing in another, remote country, Ov. M. 15, 23; cf. Verg. A. 3, 4; 11, 261; 12, 621;

708: diverso terrarum distineri,

distance apart, remoteness, Tac. A. 3, 59.—

Trop.

Different, unlike, dissimilar:

varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10 fin.; cf.:

variae et diversae et diffusae disputationes,

id. de Or. 3, 16, 61; 1, 61 fin.:

diversa ac dissimilis pars,

id. Inv. 1, 23, 33; cf.:

diversa studia in dissimili ratione,

id. Cat. 2, 5:

flumina diversa locis,

Verg. G. 4, 367; so Ov. M. 1, 40:

oris habitu simili aut diverso,

Quint. 9, 3, 34 al.:

ut par ingenio, ita morum diversus,

Tac. A. 14, 19:

a proposita ratione diversum,

Cic. Brut. 90; cf.:

ab his longe diversae litterae,

Sall. C. 34 fin.; Quint. 4, 1, 9; cf. also id. 2, 10, 7:

huic diversa sententia eorum fuit,

id. 3, 6, 32. —Cf. so with dat., Quint. 2, 3, 10; 3, 10, 3 et saep.—With gen.:

diversa omnium, quae umquam accidere, civilium armorum facies,

Tac. A. 1, 49:

diversa in hac ac supradicta alite quaedam,

Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 32:

eruca diversae est, quam lactuca, naturae,

id. 19, 8, 44, § 154.—

Divided, fluctuating, hesitating, inconsistent:

metu ac libidine divorsus agebatur,

Sall. J. 25, 6:

qui diversus animi modo numen pavescere, modo, etc.,

Tac. H. 4, 84:

diversi fremat inconstantia vulgi,

Tib. 4, 1, 45.— Adv.: dī-verse or dīvorse (acc. to II.), different ways, hither and thither; in different directions (very rarely): corpora prostrata diverse jacebant, scattered, Auct. B. Afr. 40 fin.; so,

pauci paulo divorsius conciderant,

Sall. C. 61, 3:

multifariam diverseque tendere,

Suet. Galb. 19.—

Trop. of the mind:

curae meum animum divorse trahunt,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 25:

ab eodem de eadem re diverse dicitur,

differently, Cic. Inv. 1, 50:

diversissime adfici,

very variously, Suet. Tib. 66:

uti verbo ab alicujus sententia diverse,

in a different meaning, Gell. 6, 17, 9.

inter-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to tear asunder, break down; to separate, interrupt (class.).

Lit.:

pontem,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 4:

aggerem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 24:

venas,

i. e. to open, Tac. A. 15, 35. —

Transf., to break or cut off, to separate, part, divide, hinder, interrupt, disturb:

Chalcis arto interscinditur freto, Liv 28, 7: ruina interscindit aquas,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 11:

vinculum animi atque amoris,

Gell. 12, 1, 21:

laetitiam,

Sen. Ep. 72, 5.

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).

Lit.

In gen.:

equos,

to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:

juncta juga leonibus,

Cat. 63, 76:

quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,

Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:

cinctas vestes,

Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.

nodum,

Cels. 7, 4, 4:

fila,

to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:

vulnera,

to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:

oras,

to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:

virginem catenis,

i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:

crura vinclis,

id. A. A. 3, 272:

(puella) resoluta capillos,

id. Am. 2, 14, 39:

claustra,

to open, Lucr. 1, 415:

litteras,

Liv. 26, 15:

venas,

Tac. A. 6, 48:

jugulum mucrone,

Ov. M. 1, 227:

ferro,

id. ib. 6, 643:

manum in diversum,

Quint. 11, 3, 97:

fauces haec in verba,

Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:

exspectato Ora sono,

id. ib. 13, 126:

fatis ora,

Verg. G. 4, 452;

and simply ora,

id. A. 3, 457:

ignis aurum resolvit,

melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:

nivem,

to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:

resolutus repente Rhenus,

Suet. Dom. 6:

margaritas in tabem,

Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:

glaebam in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

nummos,

to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:

nebulas ventis ac sole,

to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.

tenebras (sidere),

Verg. A. 8, 591:

resoluta caligo,

Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:

terra resoluta,

Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:

muros ariete,

to break down, Sil. 5, 553:

cinctos muros,

id. 12, 495:

saxa,

id. 1, 369. —

In partic.

To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):

felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,

Sen. Ep. 36, 1:

(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,

stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:

nexos artus,

id. ib. 4, 695:

utrumque (concubitus),

Ov. A. A. 2, 683:

corpus (somno),

id. M. 7, 328:

placitā resoluta quiete,

id. ib. 9, 468:

membra ad molles choros,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:

fatigatione resolutus,

id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—

Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:

minas,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:

argentum,

id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:

pro vecturā,

id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:

damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,

id. ib. 149, 2. —

Trop.

In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):

ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,

Quint. 9, 4, 127:

quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,

have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:

teque piacula nulla resolvent,

release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:

amore resolutus,

Tib. 1, 10, 83:

(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,

liberate, Sil. 17, 206:

resoluta legibus urbs,

id. 11, 36:

ira resoluta frenis legum,

Luc. 2, 145:

litem quod lite resolvit,

does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:

invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,

banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:

tristitiam animi,

Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:

dolos tecti ambagesque,

i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:

jura (pudoris),

id. ib. 4, 27:

dolos fraudesque,

Sil. 7, 153:

gaudia ferro,

id. 13, 508:

amphiboliam,

to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:

ambiguitatem,

id. 12, 2, 13:

dicta ex parte diversā,

i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:

vectigal et onera commerciorum,

to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:

stipulationem,

Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:

conventionem,

ib. 41, 5, 2:

emptionem,

ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —

In partic. (acc. to I. B.).

To relax, soften:

disciplinam militarem,

Tac. H. 1, 51:

judices,

Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —

To pay:

unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:

corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,

Mart. 10, 98.—

Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—

Unbridled:

gaudia,

Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:

quo resolutius decachinnetis,

more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. [p. 1643] Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [akin to Gr. schizô, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio], to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf. ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).

Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:

crines,

Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:

capillos,

id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.

, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,

Ov. M. 8, 526:

vela,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:

vestem,

to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:

vestem tibi de corpore,

Prop. 2, 5, 21:

pecora scindunt herbarum radices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

asini me mordicibus scindant,

tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:

sinus,

Ov. M. 10, 386:

latus flagello,

id. Ib. 185:

lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,

Sil. 1, 172:

vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,

bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:

et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,

wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:

vallum,

to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:

limen portae,

to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:

pontem,

to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:

cuneis lignum,

to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:

quercum cuneis,

id. A. 7, 510:

cuneis fissile robur,

id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:

ferro aequor (i. e. humum),

id. G. 1, 50; cf.

solum,

id. ib. 2, 399:

vomere terram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

freta ictu (remorum),

id. M. 11, 463:

puppis aquas,

id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:

fluvios natatu,

Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:

tellurem mare scindit,

Luc. 3, 61:

agmen,

Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:

labra,

to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:

obsonium,

to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.

nihil (edulium),

Mart. 3, 12, 2:

aves in frusta,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—

Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—

Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:

dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,

Tac. G. 43:

frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,

Mel. 2, 4, 7.—

Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,

Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:

se (lutamenta),

Cato, R. R. 128:

se (nubes),

Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:

omnis fumus, vapor, etc.... scinduntur per iter flexum,

Lucr. 4, 91:

scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,

Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.— Absol.:

sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—

To destroy:

scindunt proceres Pergamum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—

Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:

aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,

Lucr. 3, 994:

quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,

id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:

non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,

to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:

ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,

was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:

verba fletu,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:

vox scinditur,

is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:

sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,

divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:

naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,

Sen. Ep. 89, 16:

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,

Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:

scindebatur in multiplices curas,

Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.

Lit.:

folia pluribus divisuris,

Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:

vitis folio,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:

scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,

id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:

alumen,

Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:

scissile alumen,

Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):

vestibus,

Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—

Trop.:

genus vocum,

harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.

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.

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-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.