sē-pōno — Lewis & Short
sē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (
I part. perf. sync. sepostus, Sil. 8, 378; 17, 281; but, sepositus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 84), v. a., to lay apart or aside; to put by, separate, pick out, select, etc. (class.; not in Cæs.; syn.: sejungo, segrego, recondo).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
seponi et occultari,Cic. Att. 11, 24, 2; cf.:
aliquid habere sepositum et reconditum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; so (with conditus) id. Div. 2, 54, 112; cf.:
ornamenta seposita (for which, just before, recondita),id. de Or. 1, 35, 162:
id ego ad illud fanum (sc. ornandum) sepositum putabam,id. Att. 15, 15, 3:
captivam pecuniam in aedificationem templi,Liv. 1, 53, 3:
primitias magno Jovi,Ov. F. 3, 730:
nonnullos ex principibus legit ac seposuit ad pompam,Suet. Calig. 47:
se et pecuniam et frumentum in decem annos seposuisse,Liv. 42, 52, 12:
sors aliquem seponit ac servat, qui cum victore contendat,Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 21:
interesse pugnae imperatorem an seponi melius foret, dubitavere,to place himself at a distance, withdraw, Tac. H. 2, 33:
de mille sagittis Unam seposuit,picked out, selected, Ov. M. 5, 381.—
B In partic., to send into banishment, to banish, exile (post-Aug.; cf.
relego): aliquem a domo,Tac. A. 3, 12:
aliquem in provinciam specie legationis,id. H. 1, 13 fin.:
aliquem in secretum Asiae,id. ib. 1, 10:
in insulam,id. ib. 1, 46 fin.; 1, 88; 2, 63; id. A. 4, 44; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tib. 15; id. Oth. 3; id. Tit. 9.—
II Trop., to lay or set aside mentally:
id quod primum se obtulerit,Quint. 7, 1, 27.—
B To set apart, assign, appropriate, reserve, for any purpose, etc.:
ut alius aliam sibi partem, in quā elaboraret, seponeret,Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132:
sibi ad eam rem tempus,to fix, id. Or. 42, 143; cf.:
quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur,Tac. A. 14, 54:
materiam senectuti seposui,have set apart, reserved for my old age, id. H. 1, 1:
seposuit Aegyptum,he sequestered Egypt, made it forbidden ground, id. A. 2, 59 fin.:
sepositus servilibus poenis locus,id. ib. 15, 60:
quā de re sepositus est nobis locus,made it a special division of the subject, Quint. 1, 10, 26.—
C To remove, take away from others, exclude, select, etc.: Jovem diffusum nectare curas Seposuisse graves, had laid aside, i. e. had discarded for a while, Ov. M. 3, 319:
(Graecos) seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc.,to have separated, Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22:
ratio suadendi ab honesti quaestione seposita est,Quint. 12, 2, 16.—Poet. with simple abl.: si modo Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, to separate, i. e. distinguish, Hor. A. P. 273.—Hence, sē-pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a. (only poet. and rare).
A Distant, remote, = remotus:
fons,Prop. 1, 20, 24:
gens,Mart. Spect. 3, 1:
mare,Sen. Med. 339.—
B Distinct, special:
mea seposita est et ab omni milite dissors Gloria,Ov. Am. 2, 12, 11.—
C Select, choice:
vestis,sumptuous garments, Tib. 2, 5, 8:
seposito de grege,Mart. 2, 43, 4.