ăb-ălĭēno — Lewis & Short
ăb-ălĭēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., orig.
I to make alien from one or from one's self, i.e. to remove, separate.
I Prop.
A 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).—
B In partic.
1 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.—*
2 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.
II Trop.
A 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.
B 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; Cic. 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. —
(b) With abl.:
quo erant ipsl propter judicia abalienati,Cic. de Or. 2, 48, 199 B. and K.: quod Tissaphernes perjurio 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). —
(g) 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.—
(d) Absol. (very rate):
timebant ne arguendo abalienarent,Liv. 5, 2 fin. (for which, in the foll. ch.: ita Campanos abalienavit).