to put apart, sunder, sever, part, divide, separate:
stamen secernit harundo, O.: sparsos
flores calathis, separate in baskets, O.: nihil
(praedae) in publicum, setting apart for the public treasury, L.: Iuppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti, hath set apart, H.:
patres centum denos in orbīs, divided, O.:
se a bonis: Europen ab Afro, H.: inermīs ab armatis, L.: ex intestinis
secretus a reliquo cibo sucus: me Nympharum chori Secernunt populo, H.:
e grege alqm imperatorum, single out as pre-eminent,
L.—Fig., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate: hosce
homines, set apart: ut pulchritudo corporis secerni non
potest a valetudine, sic, etc.: sua a publicis consilia, L.: Publica privatis, sacra profanis, H.—To distinguish,
discern: blandum amicum a vero: non satis acute, quae sunt
secernenda, distinguit: iusto iniquum, H.—To set aside, exclude,
reject: in iudicibus legendis amicos meos: frugalissimum
quemque.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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