separate (v.) Copy link Outline I. To part asunder physically, esp. in topography1. sēpăro, 12. dīvĭdo, vīsi, visum, 33. sējungo, xi, ctum, 34. disjungo, xi, ctum, 35. discerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (strictly implying an act of judgment or decision)6. sēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3II. To separate by means of the intellect, to discriminate1. discerno, sēcerno, 32. sēpăro, 13. sējungo, xi, ctum, 34. disjungo, 35. dispăro, 1 (to part and classify) • separate (v.): I. To part asunder physically, esp. in topography: 1. sēpăro, 1: all Germany is s.d from the Gauls, Rhaetians, and Pannonians by the rivers Rhine and Danube, Germania omnis a Gallis, Rhaetis, et Pannoniis Rheno et Danubio fluminibus separatur, Tac. G. 1, init.: Phocis s.s the Aonians from the Oetaean fields, separat Aonios Oetaeis Phocis ab arvis, Ov. M. 1, 313: a strait s.s Sestos from the city of Abydos, Seston Abydena separat urbe fretum, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 28 (but the use of separo with a simple abl. is poet.: cf. Lucan 4, 75). in the narrow parts themselves of the strait which s.s Europe and Asia, in ipsis Europam Asiamque separantis freti angustiis, Plin. 9, 15, 20 (it is used here with the simple acc.): all the cavalry of the Thessalians had been s.d, omnis Thessalorum equitatus separatus erat, Liv. 42, 55, fin. 2. dīvĭdo, vīsi, visum, 3: the river Garumna s.s the Gauls from the Aquitani, the Matrona and Sequana from the Belgae, Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit, Caes. B. G. 1, 1, init.: the village is s.d into two parts by a river, vicus in duas partes flumine dividitur, Caes. B. G. 3, 1, med. 3. sējungo, xi, ctum, 3: when he came to the Alps which s. Italy from Gaul, ad Alpes posteaquam venit, quae Italiam a Gallia sejungunt, Nep. Hann. 3, fin.: to s. a person from the number of the bravest citizens, aliquem ex fortissimorum civium numero sejungere, Cic. Vat. 10, fin. 4. disjungo, xi, ctum, 3: we are s.d by an intervening space of places and times, intervallo locorum et temporum disjuncti sumus, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, init.: this river s.d the kingdom of Jugurtha from that of Bocchus, quod flumen Jugurthae Bocchique regnum disjungebat, Sall. J. 92, med. 5. discerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (strictly implying an act of judgment or decision): by which we have s.d Lusitania from Baetica, quo Lusitaniam a Baetica discrevimus, Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 116: nor was there a river or a mountain to s. their territories, neque flumen neque mons erat, qui fines eorum discerneret, Sall. J. 79, init.: cf. Mela 3, 4 (Sarmatia ab iis quae sequuntur Visula amne discreta). 6. sēcerno, crēvi, crētum, 3: but they s. lands and sea, sed terras ac mare secernunt, Lucr. 2, 729: the sea between s.s Europe from Africa, medius liquor secernit Europen ab Afro, Hor. Od. 3, 3, 47. II. To separate by means of the intellect, to discriminate: 1. discerno, sēcerno, 3: v. to distinguish. 2. sēpăro, 1: many Greeks have s.d those wars from their continuous histories, multi Graeci a perpetuis suis historiis ea bella separaverunt, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, init.: an orator whom I do not s. from a good man, oratorem quem a bono viro non separo, Quint. 2, 21, 12. 3. sējungo, xi, ctum, 3: to s. a civil conspiracy from open and foreign wars, civilem conjurationem ab hostilibus externisque bellis s., Cic. Fam. 5, 12, init. 4. disjungo, 3: to s. the orator and the philosopher, oratorem ac philosophum d., Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 143: already I seem to see the people s.d from the senate, videre jam videor populum a senatu disjunctum, id. Am. 12, 41. 5. dispăro, 1 (to part and classify): he s.d the seniors from the juniors, seniores a junioribus [divisit eosque] disparavit, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, init.