verbthird conjugation
sēcernō
sēcernō (present infinitive sēcernere, perfect active sēcrēvī, supine sēcrētum)
Classical[seːˈkɛr.noː]Ecclesiastical[seˈt͡ʃɛr.no]
sēcrētus perf. pass. ptcp.
Meaning
- to put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide
Quā rē, sēcēdant improbī, sēcernant sē ā bonīs, ūnum in locum congregentur, mūrō dēnique, quod saepe iam dīxī, sēcernantur ā nōbīs; […].
For this reason, let the wicked depart; let them separate themselves from the good [people]. Let them gather into a single place, and finally, let them be separated from us by a wall — [a measure] I have now often mentioned.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.32 - figurativelyto disjoin, part, dissociate, separate
- figurativelyto distinguish, discern
sēparō
- figurativelyto set aside, reject, exclude, pull aside
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sēpositīs aliīs, sōlīssēcrētō — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 15
clam, sēparātimsēcrētō — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 14
in secret
sēcrētō — in De Bello Gallico III
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Arcana · Secreta · Mysteria
Arcana denotes secrets, in a good sense, such as are so of themselves, and from their own nature, and should be spoken of with awe; thus arcana, as a popular term, denotes secrets of all sorts; on the other hand, mysteria, as a learned term, denotes religious secrets, like the Eleusinian mysteries; lastly, secreta denotes secrets, in the most ordinary sense, such as are made so by men, and which seek concealment from some particular fear. Tac. Ann. i. 6. Sallustius Crispus particeps secretorum . . . monuit Liviam, ne arcana domus vulgarentur. (iv. 429.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sēcernō | sēcernēbam | sēcernam | sēcrēvī | sēcrēveram | sēcrēverō |
| 2nd sg. | sēcernis | sēcernēbās | sēcernēs | sēcrēvistī | sēcrēverās | sēcrēveris |
| 3rd sg. | sēcernit | sēcernēbat | sēcernet | sēcrēvit | sēcrēverat | sēcrēverit |
| 1st pl. | sēcernimus | sēcernēbāmus | sēcernēmus | sēcrēvimus | sēcrēverāmus | sēcrēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | sēcernitis | sēcernēbātis | sēcernētis | sēcrēvistis | sēcrēverātis | sēcrēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | sēcernunt | sēcernēbant | sēcernent | sēcrēvērunt sēcrēvēre | sēcrēverant | sēcrēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sēcernam | sēcernerem | sēcrēverim | sēcrēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | sēcernās | sēcernerēs | sēcrēverīs | sēcrēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | sēcernat | sēcerneret | sēcrēverit | sēcrēvisset |
| 1st pl. | sēcernāmus | sēcernerēmus | sēcrēverīmus | sēcrēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | sēcernātis | sēcernerētis | sēcrēverītis | sēcrēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | sēcernant | sēcernerent | sēcrēverint | sēcrēvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sēcernor | sēcernēbar | sēcernar |
| 2nd sg. | sēcerneris sēcernere | sēcernēbāris sēcernēbāre | sēcernēris sēcernēre |
| 3rd sg. | sēcernitur | sēcernēbātur | sēcernētur |
| 1st pl. | sēcernimur | sēcernēbāmur | sēcernēmur |
| 2nd pl. | sēcerniminī | sēcernēbāminī | sēcernēminī |
| 3rd pl. | sēcernuntur | sēcernēbantur | sēcernentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | sēcernar | sēcernerer |
| 2nd sg. | sēcernāris sēcernāre | sēcernerēris sēcernerēre |
| 3rd sg. | sēcernātur | sēcernerētur |
| 1st pl. | sēcernāmur | sēcernerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | sēcernāminī | sēcernerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | sēcernantur | sēcernerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | sēcerne | sēcernere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | sēcernite | sēcerniminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | sēcernitō | sēcernitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | sēcernitō | sēcernitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | sēcernitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | sēcernuntō | sēcernuntor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | sēcernere | sēcernī |
| perfect infinitive | sēcrēvisse | sēcrētum esse |
| future infinitive | sēcrētūrum esse | sēcrētum īrī |
| present participle | sēcernēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | sēcrētus sēcrēta, sēcrētā, sēcrētae, sēcrētam, sēcrētārum, sēcrētās, sēcrēte, sēcrētī, sēcrētīs, sēcrētō, sēcrētōrum, sēcrētōs |
| future participle | sēcrētūrus sēcrētūra, sēcrētūrā, sēcrētūrae, sēcrētūram, sēcrētūrārum, sēcrētūrās, sēcrētūre, sēcrētūrī, sēcrētūrīs, sēcrētūrō, sēcrētūrōrum, sēcrētūrōs, sēcrētūrum | sēcernendus sēcernundus, sēcernenda, sēcernendā, sēcernendae, sēcernendam, sēcernendārum, sēcernendās, sēcernende, sēcernendīs, sēcernendōrum, sēcernendōs, sēcernunda, sēcernundā, sēcernundae, sēcernundam, sēcernundārum, sēcernundās, sēcernunde, sēcernundī, sēcernundīs, sēcernundō, sēcernundōrum, sēcernundōs, sēcernundum |
gerundsēcernendī, sēcernendō, sēcernendumsupinesēcrētum, sēcrētū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- remotis arbitris or secreto
- in private; tête-à-tête.
sē-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3 (old
I. inf. secernier, Lucr. 3, 263), v. a.
I. Lit., to put apart, to sunder, sever, separate (freq. and class.; not in Cæs.; cf.: sepono, sejungo, secludo); constr. with simple acc., or with ab aliquā re; less freq. ex aliquā re; poet. with abl.
(a). With simple acc.:
quae non animalia solum Corpora sejungunt, sed terras ac mare totum Secernunt, Lucr. 2, 729: seorsum partem utramque, id. 3, 637: arietes, quibus sis usurus ad feturam, bimestri tempore ante secernendum, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 13 (cf. infra, β): stamen secernit harundo, Ov. M. 6, 55: sparsos sine ordine flores Secernunt calathis, separate in baskets, id. ib. 14, 267: nihil (praedae) in publicum secernendo augenti rem privatam militi favit, setting apart for the public treasury, Liv. 7, 16; cf.: Juppiter illa piae secrevit litora genti, hath set apart for the pious race, Hor. Epod. 16, 63: inde pares centum denos secrevit in orbes Romulus, separated, divided, Ov. F. 3, 127.—(b). With ab or (less freq.) with ex, and poet. with abl.:
a terris altum secernere caelum, Lucr. 5, 446: ab aëre caelum, Ov. M. 1, 23: Europen ab Afro (medius liquor), Hor. C. 3, 3, 47: muro denique secernantur a nobis, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32: inermes ab armatis, Liv. 41, 3: militem a populo (in spectaculis), Suet. Aug. 44: se a bonis, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 32; cf.: se ab Etruscis, Liv. 6, 10.—In the part. perf.: antequam incipiat admissura fieri, mares a feminis secretos habeant, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 18 (cf. supra, α); so, saepta ab aliis, id. ib. 2, 2, 8: manus a nobis, Lucr. 2, 912; 3, 552: sphaera ab aethereā conjunctione, Cic. N. D. 2, 21, 55: sucus a reliquo cibo, id. ib. 2, 55, 137: bilis ab eo cibo, id. ib. al.: secreti ab aliis ad tribunos adducuntur, Liv. 6, 25; 25, 30: secretis alterius ab altero criminibus, id. 40, 8 fin.; 39, 10: se e grege imperatorum, id. 35, 14 fin.: unum e praetextatis compluribus, Suet. Aug. 94 med.: monile ex omni gazā, id. Galb. 18: me gelidum nemus Nympharumque leves chori Secernunt populo, separate, distinguish, Hor. C. 1, 1, 32.—II. Trop., to separate, disjoin, part, dissociate (syn.: internosco, distinguo).
(a). With simple acc.:
hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter, set apart, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15.—(b). With ab, or poet. with abl.: ut venustas et pulchritudo corporis secerni non potest a valetudine;
sic, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 95: animum a corpore, id. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: tertium genus (laudationum) a praeceptis nostris, id. de Or. 2, 84, 341; cf.: ipsam pronuntiationem ab oratore, Quint. 1, 11, 17: dicendi facultatem a majore vitae laude, id. 2, 15, 2: sua a publicis consiliis, Liv. 4, 57: haec a probris ac sceleribus ejus, Suet. Ner. 19 et saep.: cur me a ceteris clarissimis viris in hoc officio secernas, Cic. Sull. 1, 3: publica privatis, sacra profanis, Hor. A. P. 397.— B. To distinguish, discern:
blandum amicum a vero, Cic. Lael. 25, 95: non satis acute, quae sunt secernenda, distinguit, id. Top. 7, 31: nec natura potest justo secernere iniquum, Dividit ut bona diversis, fugienda petendis, Hor. S. 1, 3, 113: turpi honestum, id. ib. 1, 6, 63.—C. To set aside, reject:
cum reus frugalissimum quemque secerneret, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 3: minus idoneos senatores, Suet. Vit. 2.—Hence, sēcrē-tus, a, um, P. a., severed, separated; hence, separate, apart (as an adj. not freq. till after the Aug. period; not in Cic.; syn.: sejunctus, seclusus). A. In gen.:
ne ducem suum, neve secretum imperium propriave signa haberent, miscuit manipulos, etc., Liv. 1, 52: electa (uva defertur) in secretam corbulam, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2: arva, Verg. A. 6, 478; Varr. L. L. 9, § 57 Müll.—B. In partic.
1. Of places or things pertaining to them, out of the way, retired, remote, lonely, solitary, secret (syn.:
solus, remotus, arcanus): secreta petit loca, balnea vitat, Hor. A. P. 298: locus (opp. celeber), Quint. 11, 1, 47: montes, Ov. M. 11, 765: silva, id. ib. 7, 75: litora, id. ib. 12, 196: pars domus (the gynaeceum), id. ib. 2, 737; cf. in sup.: secretissimus locus (navis), Petr. 100, 6: vastum ubique silentium, secreti colles, solitary, i. e. abandoned, deserted by the enemy, = deserti, Tac. Agr. 38: iter (with semita), solitary, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 103; cf. quies, Mart. 7, 32, 4.—Of persons and transactions, private, secret: invadit secretissimos tumultus, Sen. Ep. 91, 5: vacuis porticibus secretus agitat, Tac. A. 11, 21: est aliquis ex secretis studiis fructus, private studies, Quint. 2, 18, 4; so, studia (opp. forum), id. 12, 6, 4: disputationes, id. 12, 2, 7: contentio, Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 4 et saep. —Hence, b. Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., retirement, solitude, secrecy; a solitude, solitary place, retreat (syn.: solitudo, secessus); sing.:
cum stilus secreto gaudeat atque omnes arbitros reformidet, Quint. 10, 7, 16: secreti longi causā, Ov. H. 21, 21: altum abditumque secretum, Phn. Ep. 2, 17, 22: dulce, id. ib. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 10, 3, 30; 12, 5, 2; Tac. A. 4, 57; 14, 53; id. Agr. 39 fin.; Phaedr. 3, 10, 11; 4, 23, 6; Luc. 3, 314.— Plur.: se a vulgo et scaenā in secreta removere, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71: horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae, Verg. A. 6, 10; Ov. M. 1, 594; Tac. H. 3, 63; Quint. 1, 2, 18: dulcis secretorum comes (eloquentia), id. 1, 4, 5: cameli solitudines aut secreta certe petunt, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 173.—Comp.: haec pars Suevorum in secretiora Germaniae porrigitur, into the more remote parts, Tac. G. 41. —(b). Absol.: in secreto, in a secret place, secretly:
tempus in secreto lbi tereret, Liv. 26, 19, 5: reus in secreto agebatur, Curt. 10, 4, 29.—2. That is removed from acquaintance (cf. abditus), hidden, concealed, secret:
secreta ducis pectora, Mart. 5, 5, 4: secretas advocat artes, Ov. M. 7, 138: ars, Petr. 3: litterae (with familiares), Quint. 1, 1, 29: carmina (the Sibylline odes), Luc. 1, 599: libidines, Tac. A. 1, 4 fin.: quaedam imperii pignora, Flor. 1, 2, 3.—With ab: nec quicquam secretum alter ab altero haberent, Liv. 39, 10, 1.—Comp.: libertus ex secretioribus ministeriis, Tac. Agr. 40: praemia (opp. publica largitio), id. H. 1, 24: aliud (nomen), Quint. 1, 4, 25: vitium stomachi, Mart. 3, 77, 9.—Poet. for the adv. secreto: tu (Anna) secreta pyram tecto interiore Erige, in secret, secretly, Verg. A. 4, 494; cf.: stridere secreta divisos aure susurros, secretly in each one's ear, Hor. S. 2, 8, 78.—Hence, b. Subst.: sēcrētum, i, n., something secret, secret conversation; a mystery, secret:
secretum petenti non nisi adhibito filio dedit, Suet. Tib. 25 fin.; id. Calig. 23: illuc me persecutus secretum petit, a secret interview, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 11: petito secreto futura aperit, Tac. H. 2, 4.— Piur.: crebra cum amicis secreta habere, Tac. A. 13, 18: animi secreta proferuntur, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141: nulla lex jubet amicorum secreta non eloqui, Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1: omnium secreta rimari, Tac. A. 6, 3: horribile secretum, Petr. 21, 3; Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.; id. Agr. 25; Suet. Aug. 66: uxor omnis secreti capacissima, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 7; Quint. 12, 9, 5 al.—Concr.: lucos ac nemora consecrant deorumque nominibus appellant secretum illud, quod solā reverentiā vident, that mysterious being, Tac. G. 9 fin.—Plur.: introitus, aperta, secreta velut in annales referebat, Tac. A. 4, 67; cf.: gens non astuta aperit adhuc secreta pectoris licentia joci, id. G. 22: oratio animi secreta detegit, Quint. 11, 1, 30; Tac. A. 1, 6; 4, 7 fin.; 6, 3; id. G. 19; Plin. Pan. 68, 6; Suet. Tib. 52; id. Oth. 3 et saep.—Concr.: (Minerva) hanc legem dederat, sua ne secreta viderent, i. e. the mysteries, Ov. M. 2, 556; 2, 749; cf.: secretiora quaedam, magic arts, Amm. 14, 6, 14: in secretis ejus reperti sunt duo libelli, among his private papers, Suet. Calig. 49.—3. Pregn., separate from what is common, i. e. uncommon, rare, recondite (perh. only in the two foll. passages of Quint.):
(figurae) secretae et extra vulgarem usum positae, etc., Quint. 9, 3, 5: interpretatio linguae secretioris, quas Graeci γλώσσας vocant, i. e. of the more uncommon words, id. 1, 1, 35 (for which: glossemata id est voces minus usitatas, id. 1, 8, 15).—4. In Lucr., of any thing separated from what belongs to it, i. e. wanting, deprived of, without something; with abl. or gen.:
nec porro secreta cibo natura animantum Propagare genus possit (corresp. to sine imbribus), Lucr. 1, 194: (corpora) secreta teporis Sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis (corresp. to spoliata colore), id. 2, 843. —Hence, adv., in three forms: secreto (class.), secrete (post-class.), and secretim (late Lat. and very rare). * 1. (Acc. to A.) Apart, by itself, separately:
de quibus (hortis) suo loco dicam secretius, Col. 11, 2, 25. —2. (Acc. to B. 2.) In secret, secretly; without witnesses; in private.
(a). sēcrē-tō:
mirum, quid solus secum secreto ille agat, Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 73: secreto illum adjutabo, id. Truc. 2, 7, 7: secreto hoc audi, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 2: nescio quid secreto velle loqui te Aiebas mecum, Hor. S. 1, 9, 67: secreto te huc seduxi, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14: facere, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 30; 5, 2, 35; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: secreto ab aliis, Liv. 3, 36: secreto agere cum aliquo, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 1; Quint. 5, 13, 16; 9, 2, 79; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8; Curt. 7, 2, 13.—(b). sēcrētē, Tert. Or. 1 med.; id. Pall. 4 fin.—
b. Comp.:
secretius emittitur inflatio, Sen. Q. N. 5, 4, 1. —(g). sēcrētim, Amm. 29, 1, 6.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sē-cernō crēvī, crētus, ere,
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.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin sē- Proto-Indo-European *krey-der. Proto-Italic *krinō Latin cernō Latin sēcernō From sē- (“aside, by itself”) + cernō (“to see, to discern”).
Descendants
- Catalansecretar
- Frenchsécréter
- Englishsecern
- Englishsecrete
- Italiansecernere
- Portuguesesecretar
- Spanishsecretar
- Siciliansicèrniri