I.to disjoin, sever, part, divide, separate (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense; cf.: divido, dirimo, disjungo, secludo).
I. Lit.
(α).
With ab: “senatoria subsellia a populari consessu,” Cic. Corn. Fragm. 12, p. 449 Orell.: “separat Aonios Oetaeis Phocis ab arvis,” Ov. M. 1, 313: “Asiam ab Europā,” Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 87: “separandos a cetero exercitu ratus,” Curt. 7, 2, 35.—
(β).
With abl. (poet.): “Seston Abydenā separat urbe fretum,” Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 28: “separat (spatium) aethere terram,” Luc. 4, 75; 9, 524; “natura nos ceteris separatos animalibus sola homines fatetur,” Diom. 275 P.—
(γ).
With simple acc., Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87; cf.: “nec nos mare separat ingens,” Ov. M. 3, 448: “in ipsis Europam Asiamque separantis freti angustiis,” Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50; “equitum magno numero ex omni populi summā separato,” Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39: “Thessalorum omnis equitatus separatus erat,” separated, divided, Liv. 42, 55 fin., Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 2.—Pass.: “ut corpora gentis illius separata sint in alias civitates, ingenia vera solis Atheniensium muris clausa existimes,” Vell. 1, 18, 1.—
II. Trop., to treat or consider separately; to distinguish, except.
(α).
With ab: “multi Graeci a perpetuis suis historiis ea bella separaverunt,” Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: “cogitatione magis a virtute potest quam re separari,” id. Off. 1, 27, 95, suum consilium ab reliquis separare, Caes. B. G. 7, 63 fin.: “ob separata ab se consilia,” Liv. 23, 20, 4: “nihil est, quod se ab Aetolis separent,” id. 38, 43, 12: “orato rem, quem a bono viro non separo,” Quint. 2, 21, 12; “saepe a figuris ea (vitia) separare difficile est,” id. 1, 5, 5.—
(β).
With simple acc.: “separemus officium dantis testes et refellentis,” Quint. 5, 7, 9: “miscenda sit an separanda narratio,” id. 4, 2, 101; cf. id. 12, 2, 13; cf.: “virtus ipsa, separatā utilitate,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: oratio ac vis forensis, ut idem separetur Cato, ita universa erupit sub Tullio, ut, etc., i. e. if Cato again be excepted (shortly before: “praeter Catonem),” Vell. 1, 17, 3.—Hence, sēpărātus , a, um, P. a., separated, separate, distinct, particular, different.
(γ).
Absol.: “ista aliud quoddam separatum volumen exspectant,” Cic. Att. 14, 17, 6; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45 Zumpt N cr.: “neutrum vitiosum separatum est, sed compositione peccatur,” Quint. 1, 5, 35: “quid separata, quid conjuncta (verba) exigant,” id. 8, 3, 15: “eorum nullum ipsum per se separatum probo,” Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 54 Mos. N. cr.: “privati ac separati agr: apud eos nihil est,” Caes. B. G. 4, 1; cf.: “separatae singulis sedes et sua cuique mensa,” Tac. G. 22: “separati epulis, discreti cubilibus,” id. H. 5, 5: “(exordium) separatum, quod non ex ipsā causā ductum est, nec,” Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26: tu (Bacchus) separatis uvidus in jugis (i. e. remotis), distant, remote, Hor C. 2, 19, 18.—Comp.: “intellectus,” Tert. Anim. 18 fin.—Sup. does not occur. —Hence, * adv.: sēpărātē , separately, apart: “separatius adjungi,” Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 156.
