discedo

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dis-cēdo: cessi, cessum, 3 (
I perf. sync. discesti, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3), v. n.
I (With the notion of dis predominating.)
   A To part asunder, divide, separate (rare but class.; cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, desum, destituo, deficio).
   1    Lit.: cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 9: caelum, opens, id. Div. 1, 43, 97; 1, 44, 99, i. e. clears off, Verg. A. 9, 20 (this last is quoted in Sen. Q. N. 7, 20): sulcus vomere, Luc. 6, 382: VT SODALITATES DECVRIATIQVE DISCEDERENT, SC. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; cf.: cum discedere populum jussissent tribuni, Liv. 3, 11: populus ex contione, Sall. J. 34 fin.: armati in latitudinem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 99, 7: in duas partes, Sall. J. 13, 1: in partes, Tac. A. 1, 49; cf.: in manipulos, id. ib. 1, 34: fumus in auras, Lucr. 3, 436: ad semina rerum, id. 2, 833: palus multos discessit in amnes, Luc. 6, 360: citius paterer caput hoc discedere collo, Prop. 2, 6, 7.—
   2    Trop.: divisio in tres partes, Quint. 12, 10, 58: haec in duo genera, id. 3, 6, 86.—
   B To part from one's connection with one, i. e. to leave, forsake, desert (rare but class.).—With a or ab: uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6: ab amicis in re publica peccantibus, Cic. Lael. 12, 42: ab amicis, id. ib. 20, 75: a nobis, Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 3: milites in itinere ab eo discedunt, id. ib. 1, 12, 2: a Perseo, Liv. 43, 6.
II (With the notion of cedere predominating.) To depart from any place or person, to go away from, to leave (cf.: proficiscor, abeo; so most frequently in all periods and sorts of composition).
   A Lit.
   1    In gen.: constr. with ab, ex, or absol., rarely with de—With ab: cum discesti ab hero, atque abisti ad forum, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3; so with abire, id. ib. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.: quod legati eorum paulo ante a Caesare discesserant, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1: ab suis, id. ib. 5, 3, 6: ab exercitu, id. ib. 7, 9, 1; id. B. C. 1, 9, 3 et saep.: a senis latere numquam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: a vallo, Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 3: ab loco, id. ib. 5, 34, 1: a litore, id. ib. 5, 8 fin. et saep.—With ex: non modo illum e Gallia non discessisse, sed ne a Mutina quidem recessisse, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21: ex contione, Caes. B. C. 2, 33, 2: e medio, Suet. Caes. 1: e patria, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 85 et saep.—With de: de foro, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; 2, 4, 22, § 49; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: de colloquio, Liv. 32, 40.—With abl. without a prep.: templo, Ov. M. 1, 381: finibus Ausoniae, id. Tr. 1, 3, 5: lecto, id. H. 1, 81: Tarracone, Caes. B. C. 2, 21, 5: Capua, Cic. Att. 7, 21.—Absol.: ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.; so, Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 3; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 8 et saep.—Pass. impers.: ne longius ab agmine discedi pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 3: ab concilio disceditur, id. ib. 7, 2 fin.: de colloquio discessum, Liv. 32, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 44 fin.—
   b Designating the term. ad quem, to go away to any place: in silvas, Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 2: ex fuga in civitates, id. ib. 7, 88 fin.: in castra, id. B. C. 1, 83, 3: in proximos colles, Sall. J. 54 fin.: in loca occulta, id. ib. 56, 3: ad urbem, Verg. A. 12, 184 et saep.: Capreas, Tac. A. 6, 20: ex castris domum, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5; cf. simply domum, id. B. C. 1, 13, 3; 3, 87, 3: domos suas, Nep. Them. 4, 2 al.: cubitum, Cic. Rep. 6, 10.—
   2    In partic.
   a In milit. lang., to march off, march away, decamp: discessit a Brundisio obsessionemque nostrorum omisit, Caes. B. C. 3, 24 fin.: ab Gergovia, id. B. G. 7, 43 fin.: a mari Dyrrhachioque, id. B. C. 3, 44, 1: ab Zama, Sall. J. 61 al.: ex ea parte vici, Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 1: ex hibernis, id. ib. 5, 28, 3: ex eo loco, id. B. C. 3, 30, 7; cf.: ex iis locis cum classe, id. ib. 3, 101 fin.: Tarracone, id. ib. 2, 21, 5 et saep.: dispersi ac dissipati discedunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 3; so absol., id. ib. 5, 53 fin.; 6, 33, 4 et saep.; so milit.: discedere ab signis, to quit the standard, leave the order of battle, Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 1, 44, 4; Liv. 25, 20: qui discedere et abire cœptabant, i. e. to break ranks and go away, Suet. Oth. 11; cf.: ab ordinibus signisque Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3: ab armis, to lay down one's arms, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 8; id. B. C. 1, 9, 5; Sall. C. 34, 1; Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; Liv. 9, 14 al.—
   b Also in milit. lang., to get away, come away, come off in any manner from the battle (victorious, conquered, wounded, etc.); and sometimes to be translated simply to become, to be, etc.: superiores, Caes. B. C. 1, 47, 1; so, superior, Sall. C. 39, 4: victor, Caes. B. C. 3, 47, 6; cf.: victor ab hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 37: victus, to be conquered, Sall. C. 49, 2: graviter vulneratus, id. ib. 61, 7 et saep.: aequo proelio, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 7; cf.: aequa manu, Sall. C. 39, 4: aequo Marte cum Volscis, Liv. 2, 40: sine detrimento, Caes. B. C. 3, 46, 6 et saep.—Pass. impers.: a proelio disceditur, Just. 6, 7, 12.—
   (b)    Transf. beyond the milit. sphere (freq. into the judicial sphere, on account of its analogy to the former): ut spoliis Sexti Roscii hoc judicio ornati auctique discedant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.: superiorem, id. Caecin. 1, 2; so, liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: omnium judicio probatus, Cic. Brut. 64, 229: impunita (tanta injuria), id. Verr. 2, 4, 30 et saep.: discessisses non male, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 70; cf.: pulchre et probe et praeter spem, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 58: aut cum summa gloria aut sine molestia, Cic. Att. 2, 21 fin.; cf.: a judicio capitis maximā gloriā, Nep. Epam. 8 fin.: ita tum discedo ab illo, ut qui se filiam Neget daturum, Ter. And. 1, 1, 121; cf.: si possum discedere, ne causa optima in senatu pereat, Cic. Fam. 2, 16 fin.
   B Trop.
   1    In gen., to depart, deviate, swerve from; to leave, forsake, give up: nihil a statu naturae, nihil a dignitate sapientis, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 67: a fide justitiaque, id. ib. 3, 20, 79: longe ab consuetudine mea et cautione ac diligentia, id. Font. 1, 2: a constantia atque a mente, atque a se ipse, id. Div. 2, 55, 114; cf.: a se, id. Brut. 79, 273; id. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 4, 5, 41; id. Tusc. 4, 6, 11: a recta conscientia, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 20: a sua sententia, Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 5: ab officio, id. B. G. 1, 40, 3: ab oppugnatione castrorum, id. B. C. 2, 31, 3 et saep.: a judiciisque causisque, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144: a litteris, id. Fam. 9, 26: ab illa acerrima contentione, id. Or. 31: ab illa cavillatione, Quint. 12, 2, 14: a suscepta semel persuasione, id. 12, 2, 26 et saep.—
   2    In partic.
   a Pregn., to pass away, to vanish, to cease (very rarely): modo audivi, quartanam a te discessisse, had left you, Cic. Att. 8, 6: ex animo memoria alicujus, id. Rep. 6, 9: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit (opp. studium propugnandi accessit), Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2: ubi hae sollicitudines discessere, Liv. 4, 52 fin.—
   b In alicujus sententiam, in polit. lang., to pass or go over to another's opinion, Sall. C. 55, 1; Liv. 3, 41; 28, 45; cf. the opp., in alia omnia, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3 (v. alius). In like manner: decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum SC., quo nisi paene in ipso urbis incendio ... numquam ante discessum est, which had never before been resorted to, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3; so perh.: ex oratione Caesaris ... hanc in opinionem discessi, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 6, 14 fin.—
   c Ab aliquo, in Cicero's letters in the sense of to leave out of consideration, i. e. to except: cum a vobis meae salutis auctoribus discesserim, neminem esse, cujus officiis me tam esse devinctum confitear, if I except you, you excepted, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18: ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum, id. ib. 6, 12, 2: amoris erga me, cum a fraterno amore domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero, id. Att. 1, 17, 5.!*? Once in the part. perf.: custodibus discessis, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.

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discēdō,⁷ cessī, cessum, ĕre, intr.,
1 s’en aller de côté et d’autre, se séparer, se diviser : senatus consultum factum est ut sodalitates discederent Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5, un sénatus consulte ordonna que toutes les associations eussent à se dissoudre ; populus ex contione discessit Sall. J. 34, 2, le peuple, l’assemblée finie, se dispersa ; in duas partes discedunt Numidæ Sall. J. 13, 1, les Numides se divisent en deux partis ; cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus Cic. Off. 3, 38, la terre s’étant entrouverte à la suite de grandes pluies, cf. Div. 1, 97 ; 1, 99
2 se séparer [d’un tout, d’un groupe dont on faisait partie] : ab amicis Cic. Læl. 42, se séparer de ses amis (rompre avec...), cf. Cæs. C. 3, 60, 3 || [en gén.] s’éloigner de : ab aliquo Cæs. G. 4, 12, 1, s’éloigner de qqn, quitter qqn, cf. Cic. Læl. 1 ; a vallo Cæs. C. 3, 37, 3, quitter le retranchement, cf. G. 5, 8, 6 ; 5, 34, 1 ; e Gallia Cic. Phil. 8, 21, sortir de Gaule ; ex hibernis Cæs. G. 5, 28, 3, quitter le cantonnement ; de foro Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 147, quitter le forum ; de prædiis Cic. Amer. 79, sortir de ses propriétés ; Capua Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1, quitter Capoue ; templo Ov. M. 1, 381, quitter le temple || se retirer du combat [vainqueur ou vaincu] : superiores Cæs. C. 1, 47, 1, sortir vainqueurs, cf. C. 3, 47, 5 ; sine detrimento Cæs. C. 3, 46, 6, se retirer sans dommage || a signis Cæs. G. 5, 16, 1 ; C. 1, 34, 3, quitter les enseignes = rompre les manipules, se débander, fuir [mais Liv. 25, 20, 4, déserter] || s’en aller du tribunal : superior discedit Cic. Cæc. 2, il sort victorieux du procès, cf. Br. 229 ; si istius hæc tanta injuria impunita discesserit Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 68, si l’injustice si grande commise par cet homme sort impunie de ces débats ; [d’où, en gén.] se tirer d’une affaire : Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4 ; 2, 21, 6
3 [fig.] s’écarter de : ab officio Cæs. G. 1, 40, 2, se départir de son devoir, manquer à son devoir ; a sua sententia Cæs. C. 1, 2, 5, renoncer à son opinion ; a ratione Cic. Tusc. 4, 42, s’écarter de la raison ; ab oppugnatione castrorum Cæs. C. 2, 31, 3, abandonner le siège d’un camp || quartana a te discessit Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4, la fièvre quarte t’a quitté ; numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria Cic. Rep. 6, 9, jamais le souvenir de cet homme ne sort de ma mémoire ; hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit Cæs. G. 2, 7, 2, pour l’ennemi, l’espoir de prendre la ville s’en alla || se porter vers une opinion : in alicujus sententiam Sall. C. 55, 1, se ranger à l’avis de qqn ( Liv. 3, 41, 1 ; 28, 45, 5, etc. ); in alia omnia discessit (senatus) Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3, (le sénat) se rangea à un tout autre avis ; ultimum senatus consultum, quo... numquam ante discessum est Cæs. C. 1, 5, 3, le sénatus consulte ultime, mesure à laquelle on n’en est jamais venu auparavant... || faire abstraction de : cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18, [je t’assure] que, vous exceptés, il n’y a personne... (6, 12, 2 ; Att. 1, 17, 5 ). parf. sync. discesti Pl. As. 251 ; discesse Fort. Mart. 4, 352 || part. pass. avec sens actif, custodibus discessis C. Antip. d. Prisc. Gramm. 8, 49, les gardes s’étant retirés.