(v. a.P. a.) : sē-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (
* Part. perf. sync. sepostus, Sil. 8, 378; 17, 281; but, sepositus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 84), v. a., to lay apart or aside; to put by, separate, pick out, select, etc. (class.; not in Caes.; syn.: sejungo, segrego, recondo).
* Lit.
* In gen.: seponi et occultari,Cic. Att. 11, 24, 2; cf.: aliquid habere sepositum et reconditum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23; so (with conditus) id. Div. 2, 54, 112; cf.: ornamenta seposita (for which, just before, recondita),id. de Or. 1, 35, 162: id ego ad illud fanum (sc. ornandum) sepositum putabam,id. Att. 15, 15, 3: captivam pecuniam in aedificationem templi,Liv. 1, 53, 3: primitias magno Jovi,Ov. F. 3, 730: nonnullos ex principibus legit ac seposuit ad pompam,Suet. Calig. 47: se et pecuniam et frumentum in decem annos seposuisse,Liv. 42, 52, 12: sors aliquem seponit ac servat, qui cum victore contendat,Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 21: interesse pugnae imperatorem an seponi melius foret, dubitavere,to place himself at a distance, withdraw,Tac. H. 2, 33: de mille sagittis Unam seposuit,picked out, selected,Ov. M. 5, 381.
* Trop., to lay or set aside mentally: id quod primum se obtulerit,Quint. 7, 1, 27.
* To set apart, assign, appropriate, reserve, for any purpose, etc.: ut alius aliam sibi partem, in quā elaboraret, seponeret,Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 132: sibi ad eam rem tempus,to fix,id. Or. 42, 143; cf.: quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur,Tac. A. 14, 54: materiam senectuti seposui,have set apart, reserved for my old age,id. H. 1, 1: seposuit Aegyptum,he sequestered Egypt, made it forbidden ground,id. A. 2, 59 fin.: sepositus servilibus poenis locus,id. ib. 15, 60: quā de re sepositus est nobis locus,made it a special division of the subject,Quint. 1, 10, 26.
* To remove, take away from others, exclude, select, etc.: Jovem diffusum nectare curas Seposuisse graves, had laid aside, i. e. had discarded for a while, Ov. M. 3, 319: (Graecos) seposuisse a ceteris dictionibus eam partem dicendi, quae, etc.,to have separated,Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 22: ratio suadendi ab honesti quaestione seposita est,Quint. 12, 2, 16.—Poet. with simple abl.: si modo Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, to separate, i. e. distinguish, Hor. A. P. 273.—Hence, sē-pŏsĭtus, a, um, P. a. (only poet. and rare).
* Distant, remote, = remotus: fons,Prop. 1, 20, 24: gens,Mart. Spect. 3, 1: mare,Sen. Med. 339.
* Distinct, special: mea seposita est et ab omni milite dissors Gloria,Ov. Am. 2, 12, 11.
* Select, choice: vestis,sumptuous garments,Tib. 2, 5, 8: seposito de grege,Mart. 2, 43, 4.