(v. a.P. a.) : sē-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a.
* To move apart, to put aside, remove, separate (rare but class.; syn.: sepono, sejungo).
* Lit.: vos semotae, nos soli,Ter. And. 1, 5, 50: qui ante voce praeconis a liberis semovebantur,Cic. Har. Resp. 12, 26.
* Trop., to part, separate, remove: Strato ab eā disciplinā omnino semovendus est,Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 34: omnes sententias eorum omnino a philosophiā,id. Fin. 2, 13, 39: te a curis,Lucr. 1, 51; for which, also: curā metuque,id. 2, 19: egestatem ab dulci vitā,id. 3, 66: verba,Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 19: voluptatem semovendam esse,id. Fin. 5, 8.— Hence, sēmōtus, a, um, P. a., remote, distant, far removed.
* Lit.: colloquium petunt semoto a militibus loco, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84: munitiones semotarum partium, Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3: longe semota tuemur,Lucr. 5, 579; 4, 288: terris semota,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 21: semoti prius tarda necessitas Leti corripuit gradum,id. C. 1, 3, 32.
* Trop.: omnis divum natura Semota ab nostris rebus sejunctaque longe,remote, different, distinct,Lucr. 2, 648: cura semotu' metuque,id. 2, 19: semota ab dulci vitā stabilique,id. 3, 66.—Comp.: quo nihil a sapientis ratione semotius,Lact. 5, 15 med.: ut eorum disputationes et arcana semotaé dictionis peritus exciperem,i. e. of their familiar conversation,Tac. Or. 2.—* Adv.: sēmōtē, separately, apart, Marc. Emp. 20.