sē-dūco — Lewis & Short
sē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I To lead aside or apart, to draw aside; to lead away, carry off; to set aside, put by, etc. (syn. sevoco).
A Lit. (class.):
te huc foras seduxi, Ut, etc.,Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14; cf.:
Pamphilus me solum seducit foras,Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 69:
me rursus seducit,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:
aliquem solum seorsum ab aedibus,Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95:
aliquem paululum a turbā,Petr. 13, 2:
singulos separatim,Liv. 30, 5:
aliquem blandā manu,Ov. M. 2, 691:
aliquem in secretum,Phaedr. 3, 10, 11 al.— Absol.:
prehendit dextram, seducit,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 60:
quod a te seductus est tuoque beneficio adhuc vivit,was withdrawn, taken out of the way, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; cf.:
aliquem a debitā peste,id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:
ocellos,to turn away, avert, Prop. 1, 9, 27.—
Of abstract subjects: et dum avaritia seducere aliquid cupit atque in suum vertere, omnia fecit aliena,to lay by, Sen. Ep. 90, 38. —
B Trop.
1 In gen., to remove, separate, etc. (not ante-Aug. and rare):
quiddam a corporibus seductum,Sen. Ep. 117, 13:
non potes (Helvia) ad obtinendum dolorem muliebre nomen praetendere, ex quo te virtutes tuae seduxerunt,have removed, separated you, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16:
vacuos ocellos,Prop. 1, 9, 27.—
2 In partic., to lead astray, mislead, seduce (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 8; Aug. Conf. 2, 3 med.; id. Tract. in Johan. 29; id. Civ. Dei, 14, 11 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 22, 16 et saep.—
II Tc. put asunder, separate, divide (only poet. and rare;
syn.: secerno, sejungo): seducit terras haec brevis unda duas,Ov. H. 19, 142; so,
immensos recessus (Caspia claustra),Luc. 8, 291:
quarto seducunt castra volatu,i. e. divide into two adverse squadrons, Ov. M. 13, 611:
plura locuturi subito seducimur imbre,id. F. 4, 385.—With abl.:
cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus,Verg. A. 4, 385.—Hence, sēductus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), remote, distant, apart (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ex alto seductas aethere longe Despectat terras,Ov. M. 4, 622:
recessus gurgitis,id. ib. 13, 902. —Of distance in an upward direction:
mons erat audaci seductus in aethera dorso,far uplifted, lofty, Stat. Th. 3, 460:
consilia non publica sed in privato seductaque a plurium conscientiā,Liv. 2, 54, 7:
ut illis non minus hos seductos et quasi rusticos,retired, living in solitude, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 5:
seductum vitae genus,retired, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2; cf.:
quorum (hominum) maxime in seducto actiones sunt,in retirement, solitude, id. Tranq. 3, 2.