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|lshtext=<b>sē-cerno</b>: crēvi, crētum, 3 (old<br /><b>I</b> inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]], β): [[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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]], α); 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[separate]], [[disjoin]], [[part]], [[dissociate]] (syn.: [[internosco]], [[distinguo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[simple]] acc.: hosce ego homines [[excipio]] et [[secerno]] [[libenter]], [[set]] [[apart]], Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]] γλώσσας vocant, i. e. of the [[more]] [[uncommon]] words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for [[which]]: glossemata id est voces [[minus]] usitatas, id. 1, 8, 15).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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]]). *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, [[separately]]: de quibus (hortis) suo [[loco]] dicam secretius, Col. 11, 2, 25. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to B. 2.) In [[secret]], [[secretly]]; [[without]] witnesses; in [[private]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Comp.: secretius emittitur [[inflatio]], Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.

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