The corpus record — Latin

sequestro

sequestro · v. a

to give up for safekeeping

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Where it lives

Pro Cn. Plancio 5 · 4.3/10k
Probus 1 · 2.43/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k
Adversus Praxean 1 · 0.68/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 1 · 0.41/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

sĕquestro — Lewis & Short

sĕquestro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.sequester (late Lat. for sequestro do or pono; v. sequester, I.).

I Lit., to give up for safekeeping, to surrender: hominis tibi (sc. terrae) membra sequestro, Prud. Cath. 10, 133: corpora sepulturae, Tert. Res. Carn. 27 med.—

II Transf., to remove, separate from any thing: causam motūs ab eo, quod movetur, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 14: se a rerum publicarum actibus, id. ib. 1, 8 med.: omni ab infamiā vir sequestrandus, Sid. Ep. 1, 11: sequestratum animal, separated, Veg. 2, 1, 5: sequestrata verecundia, laid aside, Macr. S. 7, 11; Vulg. 1 Macc. 11, 34.

Where it came from

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