detached (part. adj.) Copy link • detached (part. adj.): sēpărātus, sējunctus: v. separate. Phr.: in d. portions, carptim: to write Roman history in d. portions, c. scribere res Romanas, Sall.: the men were dismissed in small d. parties, milites carptim ac pauci uno tempore dimissi sunt: cf. Tac. Hist. 4. 46.