sē-cēdo — Lewis & Short
sē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n.,
I to go apart, go away, separate, withdraw (class.; not in Cæs.; but cf. secessio).
I Lit.
A 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.—
2 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.—
B In partic.
1 To go aside, withdraw, 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. —
b 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.—
c To seek the exclusive society of any one, to retire from the world:
ad optimos viros,Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1. —
2 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.—
II 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qui solitarius separatusque a communi malo civitatis secesserit,has withdrawn himself, Gell. 2, 12, 1: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.