sevoco
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English
sevoco sevocare, sevocavi, sevocatus V :: call aside; remove; separate
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sē-vŏco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to call apart or aside, to call away to some particular place (class.; a favorite word of Cic.; syn. seduco).
I Lit.: sevocare singulos hortarique coepit, Caes. B. G. 5, 6: erum, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 25: hunc, Ov. M. 2, 836: maxime placitam (feminam ad stuprum), Suet. Calig. 36: aliquem, Cic. Phil. 2, 14, 34: plebem in Aventinum, id. Mur. 7, 15; cf.: tribuni plebis, ne quis postea populum sevocaret, capite sanxerunt, should call a meeting of the people out of the city, Liv. 7, 16 fin.: quid tu te solus e senatu sevocas? separate yourself, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 13.—Less freq. with inanimate objects: haud mediocriter de communi quicquid poterat ad se in privatam domum sevocabat, put aside, withdrew, subtracted, Cic. Quint. 3, 13.—
II Trop., to call off, separate, withdraw, remove: cura me sevocat a doctis virginibus (i. e. Musis), Cat. 65, 2: animum a negotio omni, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: animum a societate et a contagione corporis somno, id. Div. 1, 30, 63; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 30, 72: mentem a sensibus, id. ib. 1, 16, 38: mentem ab oculis, id. N. D. 3, 8, 21: ab his non multo secus quam a poëtis haec eloquentia sevocanda est, id. Or. 20, 66: quid illuc est, quod ille solus se in consilium sevocat? takes counsel with himself alone, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 45.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
sēvŏcō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 appeler à part, tirer à l’écart, prendre à part : Cic. Phil. 2, 34 ; Mur. 15 ; Cæs. G. 5, 6
2 [fig.] détacher, séparer, ab aliqua re, de qqch. : Cic. Tusc. 1, 75 ; Nat. 3, 21 || ab aliquo, de qqn : Pl. Merc. 384 ; Cic. Or. 66.
Latin > German (Georges)
sē-voco, āvī, ātum āre, beiseite rufen, abrufen, I) eig.: alqm, Caes.: plebem in Aventinum, Cic. – übtr., haud mediocriter de communi quodcumque poterat ad se in privatam domum sevocabat, brachte auf die Seite, Cic. Quinct. 13. – II) übtr.: a) übh.: ille a me solus se in consilium sevocat, zieht sich allein insgeheim zu Rate, Plaut. merc. 384 G. – b) abziehen, animum a voluptate, Cic.: eloquentiam a poëtis, Cic.: se a corpore (v. der Seele), Cic.
Latin > Chinese
sevoco, as, are. :: 請密言。分開。去之。— se 離開。— ad se aliquid de communi 騙官物。
