sē-clūdo — Lewis & Short
sē-clūdo, si, sum, 3,
I v.a. [claudo], to shut off, shut in a separate place, to shut up, seclude (rare but class.; syn.: secerno, sejungo).
I Lit.: incientes (oves) secludere, to shut up, confine, Varr, R. R. 2, 2, 8; Stat. Achill. 1, 359:
illuc eum rapiam, ubi non seclusa aliqua aquula teneatur, sed unde universum flumen erumpat,confined streamlets, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 162:
carmina antro seclusa relinquit,Verg. A. 3, 446.—Poet. mid.: ille sub extremā pendens secluditur alā, shuts himself off, i. e. protects himself, Prop. 1, 20, 29.—
B In gen., to separate, sunder, shut off:
cur luna queat terram secludere solis Lumine,Lucr. 5, 753:
dextrum cornu, quod erat a sinistro seclusum,Caes. B. C. 3, 69:
cohors seclusa ab reliquis,id. ib. 1, 55 fin.:
ab suis interceptum et seclusum,Liv. 29, 9:
Caesar munitione flumen a monte seclusit,Caes. B. C. 3, 97:
mare Tyrrhenum a Lucrino molibus seclusum,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:
stabula ad eam rem seclusa,set apart, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 15.—
II Trop. *
A To shut off, seclude:
a libero spiritu atque a communi luce seclusum,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23.—
B To separate, remove: corpore vitam, * Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 1: secludite curas, shut out, exclude, i. q. excludite, Verg. A. 1, 562 Serv.—Hence, sēclūsus, a, um, P. a., sundered, separated, remote, secluded:
his devium quoddam iter esse seclusum a concilio deorum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 72:
seclusum nemus,Verg. A. 6, 704.—Absol.:
in secluso,in a remote, secluded place, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 6.—Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.