separation Copy link Outline 1. sēpărātio2. disjunctio • separation: 1. sēpărātio: by the distribution and s. of the parts, distributione partium ac s., Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132: the massing together of the charges assists the accuser, the s. of them the defendant, congregatio criminum accusantem adjuvat, s. defendentem, Quint. 7, 1, 31. cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 18, 55 (sui facti ab illa definitione separatio). 2. disjunctio: in so great a s. and sorrow, in tanta disjunctione (meorum) tanta acerbitate, Cic. Sest. 21, 47, med.: the alienation and s. from friends, alienatio disjunctioque amicorum, id. Am. 21, 76. (N.B.--Oftener expr. by verb: v. to separate.)
SEPARATION Copy link • SEPARATIONsejunctio (ab aliqua re); disjunctio (alicujus rei); separatio (alicujus rei); discessus: digressus, digressus et discessus (of persons). SYN. in SEPARATE