LAT

Lewis Short

(preposition) : sĭne (old form sē or sēd;
* V.the foll.), with abl. [si and ne; si, the demonstrative instrumental, and the negative ne; hence, nesi was also found,Fest. p. 165; cf. Rib. Beiträge, p. 15; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 201; 1, 778].
* Without.
* Form se (sed): socordia compositum videtur ex se, quod est sine, et corde, Fest. pp. 292 and 293 Müll.: sed pro sine inveniuntur posuisse antiqui,id. p. 336 ib.: SI PLVS MINVSVE SECVERVNT SE FRAVDE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 49: IM CVM ILLO SEPELIREI VRIVE SE FRAVDE ESTO, id. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60: EAM PECVNIAM EIS SED FRAVDE SVA SOLVITO,Inscr. Grut. 509, 20.
* In composition, se, or before a vowel, sed, denotes a going or taking aside, a departing, separating, etc.: secedo, secerno, segrego; seditio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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