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sē-grĕgo , āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:
I.“seque gregari,” Lucr. 1, 452), v. a. grex.
I. To set apart or separate from the flock (very rare): “oves segregatas (a capellis),” Phaedr. 3, 15, 3: “mater Segregat egregiam subolem,” Nemes. Cyn. 156 sq.; cf.: “Sicut pastor segregat oves ab haedis,” Vulg. Matt. 25, 32.—
II. In gen. (cf. congrego, II.), to set apart, lay aside, put away; to separate, remove, segregate.
A. Lit., Lucr. 1, 452: “exclusit illum a re publicā, distraxit, segregavit scelus ipsius,” Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 29: “aliquem ab se,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 10: “non modo non segregandum a numero civium verum etiam adsciscendum,” Cic. Arch. 2, 4: “aliquem ab aliquo,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 17: “ne abs te hanc segreges neu deseras,” Ter. And. 1, 5, 56: “vulgus ab se,” id. Heaut. 2, 4, 6; id. Hec. 3, 5, 30; 5, 1, 26; 5, 2, 23; 5, 2, 30; cf.: “se ab aliquo,” Quint. 1, 2, 20; Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 6; Stat. Th. 12, 184: “aliquem e senatu,” Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 9: captivis productis segregatisque, separated (the allies and the Romans), Liv. 22, 58.—
B. Trop., to separate, remove away from; to divide, etc. (syn.: “sepono, sejungo, removeo): spes, opes auxiliaque ab aliquo,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 3, 2: “ista feritas a communi tamquam humanitatis corpore segreganda est,” Cic. Off. 3, 6, 32; cf.: “haec (eloquendi vis) nos a vitā immani et ferā segregavit,” Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148: “suspicionem et culpam ab se,” Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42; id. As. 4, 1, 29: “virtutem a summo bono,” Cic. Fin. 3, 9, 30: “civitatis causam a Polyarato,” Liv. 45, 22; cf.: “publicam causam a privatorum culpā,” id. 45, 23: “iambum et trochaeum frequentem segregat ab oratore Aristoteles,” Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182: “(beata vita) a comitatu pulcherrimo segregata,” id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: cives ore obscena dicta segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 16, and 206, 2: “sermonem,” i. e. to be silent, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 61; id. Poen. 1, 2, 136; cf.: ore obscena segregent, Att. ap. Non. 357, 13 (Trag. Rel. v. 511 Rib.): “ut segregaret pugnam eorum (Curiatiorum),” divide, separate, Liv. 1, 25: “a peccatoribus,” Vulg. Heb. 7, 26; to set apart for a special work, id. Rom. 1, 1; cf. id. Act. 13, 2.—Part.: sēgrĕgātus , a, um; comp. segregatior, more isolated, Rufin. Orig. Prin. 1, 1, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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