secedo

sē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go apart, go away, separate, withdraw (class.; not in Cæs.; but cf. secessio).

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen., absol.:

secedant improbi, secernant se a bonis,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; Ov. M. 6, 490:

prosecutus eram viatico secedentem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 2:

abite et de viā secedite,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 2:

de coetu,

Ov. M. 2, 465:

a vestro potui secedere lusu,

Prop. 1, 10, 9:

utinam nostro secedere corpore possem!

Ov. M. 3, 467.—

2.

Poet., of inanim. subjects, to remove, withdraw; and in the perf., to be distant:

(luna) quantum solis secedit ab orbe,

Lucr. 5, 705:

ab imis terra,

Ov. F 6, 279:

(villa) decem et septem milibus passuum ab urbe secessit,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 2; Claud. Epith. Pall. et Cell. 63.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To go aside, withdraw, [p. 1652] retire:

secede huc nunc jam procul,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 23; so,

huc,

id. Am. 2, 2, 139; id. As. 3, 3, 49; id. Capt. 2, 2, 13:

in abditam partem aedium,

Sall. C. 20, 1:

in utraque latera (cohortes),

Front. Strat. 6, 6, 3:

ad deliberandum,

Liv. 45, 36:

ad consultandum,

Suet. Ner. 15:

lex Spartana vetat secedere amantes,

Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 21:

secedit humumque Effodit,

Ov. M. 11, 185. —

b.

In post-Aug. authors (esp. in Suet.), to retire from public into private life; absol.:

integrā aetate ac valetudine statuit repente secedere seque e medio quam longissime amovere,

Suet. Tib. 10:

illuc e comitatu suo,

id. Aug. 98; so Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

ab Urbe,

Suet. Gram. 3:

in insulam, etc.,

Quint. 3, 1, 17; Suet. Vesp. 4; id. Gram. 5; cf.

Rhodum,

id. Caes. 4.—

c.

To seek the exclusive society of any one, to retire from the world:

ad optimos viros,

Sen. Ot. Sap. 1, 1. —

2.

Polit., to separate one's self by rebellion, to revolt, secede (syn.:

deficio, descisco): ut anno XVI. post reges exactos propter nimiam dominationem potentium secederent,

Cic. Corn. 1, p. 450 Orell.:

saepe ipsa plebes armata a patribus secessit,

Sall. C. 33, 3; Suet. Tib. 2:

injussu consulum in Sacrum Montem secessisse,

to have marched out in rebellion, Liv. 2, 32; so,

in Sacrum Montem,

id. 7, 40; Flor. 1, 23:

in Janiculum (plebs),

Plin. 16, 10, 15, § 37.—

II.

Trop. (very rare; perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

antequam ego incipio secedere et aliā parte considere,

to dissent from the opinion, Sen. Ep. 117, 4:

a fesso corpore sensus,

Cat. 64, 189:

qui solitarius separatusque a communi malo civitatis secesserit,

has withdrawn himself, Gell. 2, 12, 1:

cum ad stilum secedet,

shall give himself up to writing, Quint. 1, 12, 12:

in te ipse secede,

retire within yourself, Sen. Ep. 25, 7.