(v. a.P. a.adv.) : rĕ-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (sync.
* Pluperf. remorant, Hor. S. 2, 1, 71; Sil. 11, 175; inf. remosse, Lucr. 3, 69; perf. remorunt, Ov. Ib. 240), v. a., to move back, draw back; to take away, set aside, withdraw, remove (freq. and class.; syn.: amolior, repono, segrego).
* Lit.: tolle hanc patinam, remove pernam,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 163 sq.: pecora,Caes. B. C. 1, 48: equos,Sall. C. 59, 1: equos ex conspectu,Caes. B. G. 1, 25: dapes,Ov. M. 8, 571: mensam,id. ib. 13, 676: frena, Hor.S.2, 7, 74: tegimen,to lay aside,Ov. M. 1, 674: Aurora removerat ignes,had driven away,id. ib. 4, 81: monstra,id. ib. 5, 216: remoto atque ablegato viro,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 82: remotis arbitris,id. Off. 3, 31, 112: custode remoto,Hor. A. P. 161: remoto Hannibale,Just. 31, 5, 1: quae jam infantem removerit,i. e. has weaned,Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 72: naves longas ab onerariis navibus,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: cupas furcis ab opere,id. B. C. 2, 11: castra sex milia ab oppido,Liv. 9, 24: quae natura occultavit ab oculis,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127: bracchia a latere modice,Quint. 11, 3, 159: comas a fronte ad aures,Ov. M. 5, 488: se a corpore,Lucr. 3, 895: se a vulgo,Hor. S. 2, 1, 71: parvos natos a se,id. C. 3, 5, 43: se a conspectu, Auct. B. Afr. 62: plura de medio (with auferre),Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 23: togam inde,Quint. 11, 3, 124: oculos,Cic. Balb. 5, 11: arcanis oculos profanos,Ov. M. 7, 256: tactu viriles virgineo manus,id. ib. 13, 467: toto sumus orbe remoti,id. P. 2, 2, 123: mensae remotae, Verg. A. 1, 216; Ov. M. 13, 676: cum paulum ab legionibus nostros removissent,Caes. B. G. 5, 16: aliquem ab exercitu, Auct. B. Afr. 54: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.,Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 3: se in montes ex urbe,Hor. S. 2, 6, 16: ex oculis manus,Ov. M. 9, 390: ut propinquis suis ultra ducentesimum lapidem removeretur,Tac. A. 2, 50.
* Trop.: removete moram,Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37; Quint. 8, prooem. § 3;: sumptum removit,Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27: hominum conscientiā remotā,id. Fin. 2, 9, 28: remotā subtilitate disputandi,id. ib. 2, 38, 98: omnia removistis, avaritiam, imperitiam, superbiam,Sall. J. 85, 45; cf.: remoto metu,id. ib. 87, 4; Tac. Agr. 15: remoto joco,jesting aside,Cic. Fam. 7, 11, 3: remoto personarum complexu,Quint. 3, 6, 57; 12, 11, 30: formam anilem,Ov. M. 6, 43: soporem,id. ib. 6, 493: obstantia fata,id. ib. 13, 373: remove istaec, no more of that (i. e. do not speak of it), Cic. ap. Suet. Caes. 49 fin.: aliquem ab studio, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 14: aliquem ab republicā,Caes. B. C. 3, 21; Liv. 5, 11: aliquem ab hoc sermone,Cic. Lael. 9, 32: aliquem a legibus (sc. ferendis),id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: aliquem a vitā (natura),Lucr. 5, 350: se a negotiis publicis,Cic. Off. 1, 20, 69: se ab omni ejusmodi negotio,id. Clu. 15, 43: se ab amicitiā alicujus,id. Lael. 21, 77; cf.: se ab aliquo,id. Att. 4, 8, b, 3: se a suspitione,id. Agr. 2, 8, 22; cf.: illam suspitionem ab sese removere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136: invidiam a se,Ov. M. 12, 626: vim procul hinc,id. Am. 1, 14, 29: (levissima) secerni arbitror oportere atque ex oratione removeri,Cic. de Or. 2, 76, 309: quartum (statum) ex generalibus,Quint. 3, 6, 67: omnes tribu remoti,Liv. 45, 15 Drak. N. cr.: ordine,Tac. A. 13, 11: quaesturā,Suet. Tib. 35: pudorem thalamis,Ov. M. 8, 157; cf.: se artibus suis,Cic. Or. 2, 5: se ministerio sceleris,Ov. M. 3, 645: aliquem tutelā,Dig. 26, 10, 4.— Absol., Dig. 26, 10, 3.
* To deduct, subtract: si de quincunce remota est Uncia,Hor. A. P. 327.—Hence, rĕmōtus, a, um, P. a., removed, i. e. afar off, distant, remote.
* Lit.: silvestribus ac remotis locis,distant, retired,Caes. B. G. 7, 1; cf.: remoto loco,Cic. Fam. 7, 20, 2: terrae,Lucr. 2, 534: Gades,Hor. C. 2, 2, 10: Britanni,id. ib. 4, 14, 47: fontes,id. S. 2, 4, 94: gramen,id. C. 2, 3, 6: rupes,id. ib. 2, 19, 1: domūs pars, i. e. penetralia,Ov. M. 6, 638. —Neutr. as subst.: in remoto,far away,Sen. Q. N. 3, 26, 1: remotius antrum,Ov. F. 6, 121: sedes, remotas a Germanis,Caes. B. G. 1, 31: ab arbitris remoto loco,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 80: civitas a conspectu remota,id. ib. 2, 3, 37, § 85: in quibus (studiis) remoti ab oculis populi omne otiosum tempus contrivimus,id. Lael. 27, 104: ab aulā,Ov. M. 11, 764.— With abl.: civitatis oculis remotus,Suet. Tib. 42: quamvis longā regione remotus Absim,by however great a distance I am removed from you,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 73; cf.: licet caeli regione remotus,id. M. 15, 62.
* Trop., removed, disconnected, separate, clear, free from, strange to any thing: quae jam diu gesta et a memoriā remota,Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: genus (narrationum) remotum a civilibus causis,id. ib. 1, 19, 27: natura deūm longe remota Sensibus ab nostris,Lucr. 5, 148: scientia remota ab justitiā,Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63: (defensio) remota ab utilitate rei publicae,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 193: a verā ratione longe remotum,Lucr. 6, 853: (fabula) non a veritate modo, sed etiam a formā veritatis remota,Quint. 2, 4, 2: naturae jura a vulgari intellegentiā remotiora,Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 67: sermo a forensi strepitu remotissimus,id. Or. 9, 32; Quint. 11, 1, 89 Spald. N. cr.: (Vestorium) hominem remotum a dialecticis, in arithmeticis satis versatum,Cic. Att. 14, 12, 3: homines maxime ab injuriis nostrorum magistratuum remoti,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160: a Tib. Gracchi aequitate ac pudore longissime remotus,id. Agr. 2, 12, 31: hic a culpā est remotus,id. Mur. 35, 73: ab inani laude et sermonibus vulgi,id. Fam. 15, 4, 13: a vulgo longe lateque,Hor. S. 1, 6, 18: vitio ab omni,id. A. P. 384: ab omni minimi errati suspicione remotissimus,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 19, § 40: (vilica) a vino, ab escis, a superstitionibus remotissima sit,Col. 12, 1, 3 et saep.
* In the philos. lang. of the Stoics, remota, a transl. of the Gr. προηγμένα, things not to be preferred; things to be rejected or postponed (opp. promota), Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—Hence, adv.: rĕmōtē, at a distance, afar off, remotely (very rare).—Comp.: stellae eundem orbem tenentes aliae propius a terris, aliae remotius ab eisdem principiis eadem spatia conficiunt,Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87.— Sup.: remotissime,Aug. Trin. 12, 5.