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sĭne (old form or sēd ;
I.v. the foll.), prep. with abl. [si and ne; si, the demonstrative instrumental, and the negative ne; “hence, nesi was also found,Fest. p. 165; cf. Rib. Beiträge, p. 15; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 201; 1, 778].
I. Without.
A. Form se (sed): “socordia compositum videtur ex se, quod est sine, et corde, Fest. pp. 292 and 293 Müll.: sed pro sine inveniuntur posuisse antiqui,id. p. 336 ib.: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT SE FRAVDE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 49: IM CVM ILLO SEPELIREI VRIVE SE FRAVDE ESTO, id. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: “EAM PECVNIAM EIS SED FRAVDE SVA SOLVITO,Inscr. Grut. 509, 20.—
B. Form sine: “tu sine pennis vola,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 180: “ne quoquam pedem Efferat sine custode,id. Capt. 2, 3, 97: “ut (urbs) sine regibus sit,Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58: “sine ullo domino,id. ib. 1, 43, 67: “sine ullo certo exemplari formāque rei publicae,id. ib. 2, 11, 22: “sine ullius populi exemplo,id. ib. 2, 39, 66: sine ullā dubitatione; v. dubitatio; “for which, less freq.: sine omni, etc.,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 38; 4, 1, 20: “sine omni malitiā,id. Bacch. 5, 2, 13; Ter. And. 2, 3, 17; Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 5; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 33: sine dubio; “v. dubius: pol si istuc faxis, haud sine poenā feceris,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 37; cf.: “non sine magnā spe,Caes. B. G. 1, 44: “non sine conscio Surgit marito,Hor. C. 3, 6, 29; cf.: “non sine floribus,id. ib. 3, 13, 2: “non sine multis lacrimis,id. ib. 3, 7, 7: “non sine fistulā,id. ib. 4, 1, 24.—In poets often with a noun instead of an adjective or adverb; as, sine sanguine, bloodless; sine pondere, weightless; sine fine, endless; sine nomine, nameless; sine sidere, starless; sine viribus, powerless, feeble, etc.: “ignea vis et sine pondere caeli,Ov. M. 1, 26; so id. ib. 2, 537; 3, 417; 5, 249; 7, 306; 7, 275; 7, 830; 8, 518; 11, 429; 15, 120; Verg. A. 3, 204; 5, 694; 6, 534; Hor. C. 4, 14, 32 al.—Hence, poet., sine pondere, like a noun in dat., for rebus sine pondere: “pugnabant mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus,Ov. M. 1, 20.—Several times repeated: “si sine vi et sine bello velint rapta tradere,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 51; cf.: “sine praesidio et sine pecuniā,Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5; and more freq. without et: “eam confeci sine molestiā, Sine sumptu, sine dispendio,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 6 and 7: “hominem sine re, sine fide, sine spe, sine sede, sine fortunis, ore, linguā, manu, vita omni inquinatum,Cic. Cael. 32, 78: “se solos sine vulnere, sine ferro, sine acie victos,Liv. 9, 5; v. Drak. ad Liv. 7, 2, 4.—With part. and subst. (rare): “sine causā antecedente,Cic. Fat. 19, 43: “sine externā et antecedente causā,id. ib. 11, 24: “sine viso antecedente,id. ib. 19, 44: “sine inpensā operā,Liv. 5, 4, 4; 7, 12, 11; 45, 25, 7; cf.: “sine rest tutā potestate,id. 3, 52, 2 MSS. et Madv. (Weissenb. ex conj.: quā sibi non restitutā).—In epistolary style once without a case, referring to a preceding noun: “age jam, cum fratre an sine?Cic. Att. 8, 3, 5.—With gerund (very rare): “nec sine canendo tibicines dicti,Varr. L. L. 6, § 75 Müll.—Taking the place of a clause: “armantur senes aut pueri, et numerus militum sine exercitūs robore expletur,” i. e. without acquiring, Just. 5, 6, 3: “exercitus ejus sine noxā discurrit,id. 12, 7, 8.—By the poets sometimes put after its case: “flammā sine thura liquescere,Hor. S. 1, 5, 99: “vitiis nemo sine nascitur,id. ib. 1, 3, 68.—
II. In composition, se, or before a vowel, sed, denotes a going or taking aside, a departing, separating, etc.: secedo, secerno, segrego; seditio.
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