seduco

sē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

I.

To lead aside or apart, to draw aside; to lead away, carry off; to set aside, put by, etc. (syn. sevoco).

A.

Lit. (class.):

te huc foras seduxi, Ut, etc.,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14; cf.:

Pamphilus me solum seducit foras,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 69:

me rursus seducit,

Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

aliquem solum seorsum ab aedibus,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95:

aliquem paululum a turbā,

Petr. 13, 2:

singulos separatim,

Liv. 30, 5:

aliquem blandā manu,

Ov. M. 2, 691:

aliquem in secretum,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 11 al. — Absol.:

prehendit dextram, seducit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 60:

quod a te seductus est tuoque beneficio adhuc vivit,

was withdrawn, taken out of the way, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; cf.:

aliquem a debitā peste,

id. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

ocellos,

to turn away, avert, Prop. 1, 9, 27.—

Of abstract subjects: et dum avaritia seducere aliquid cupit atque in suum vertere, omnia fecit aliena,

to lay by, Sen. Ep. 90, 38. —

B.

Trop.

1.

In gen., to remove, separate, etc. (not ante-Aug. and rare):

quiddam a corporibus seductum,

Sen. Ep. 117, 13:

non potes (Helvia) ad obtinendum dolorem muliebre nomen praetendere, ex quo te virtutes tuae seduxerunt,

have removed, separated you, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16:

vacuos ocellos,

Prop. 1, 9, 27.—

2.

In partic., to lead astray, mislead, seduce (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 8; Aug. Conf. 2, 3 med.; id. Tract. in Johan. 29; id. Civ. Dei, 14, 11 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 22, 16 et saep.—

II.

Tc. put asunder, separate, divide (only poet. and rare;

syn.: secerno, sejungo): seducit terras haec brevis unda duas,

Ov. H. 19, 142; so,

immensos recessus (Caspia claustra),

Luc. 8, 291:

quarto seducunt castra volatu,

i. e. divide into two adverse squadrons, Ov. M. 13, 611:

plura locuturi subito seducimur imbre,

id. F. 4, 385.—With abl.:

cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus,

Verg. A. 4, 385.—Hence, sēductus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), remote, distant, apart ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ex alto seductas aethere longe Despectat terras,

Ov. M. 4, 622:

recessus gurgitis,

id. ib. 13, 902. —Of distance in an upward direction:

mons erat audaci seductus in aethera dorso,

far uplifted, lofty, Stat. Th. 3, 460:

consilia non publica sed in privato seductaque a plurium conscientiā,

Liv. 2, 54, 7:

ut illis non minus hos seductos et quasi rusticos,

retired, living in solitude, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 5:

seductum vitae genus,

retired, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2; cf.:

quorum (hominum) maxime in seducto actiones sunt,

in retirement, solitude, id. Tranq. 3, 2.