sceverare
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *exsēperāre, derived from Latin sēparāre (“to separate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sceveràre (first-person singular present scévero or scèvero, first-person singular past historic sceverài, past participle sceveràto, auxiliary avére)
- (literary) to separate, to distinguish
- Synonyms: distinguere, separare
- 13th century, Bono Giamboni, “Capitolo 9”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War][1], translation of Epitoma Rei Militaris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, published 1815, page 103:
- Ed anche fa molto al fatto di conoscere, e considerare […] di che forza, o prodezza, e di che animo l’oste degli avversarj, e chenti siano, cui tu dei della tua oste sceverare, e quale parte speri più della vittoria
- It is also very important to know and consider what is the strength, or valour/valor, and the resolution of the opponent's army, and of what kind are those you must separate from your army, and which part hopes for victory more
- 1846, Claudio Dalmazzo, “Libro ottavo”, in La prima deca di Tito Livio [Titus Livius' First Decade][2], translation of Ab Urbe Condita Libri by Livy, page 261:
- l’una parte [de’ Greci] era sceverata dall’altra, per li Romani che s’erano accampati nel mezzo
- One part [of the Greeks] was separated from the other, due to the Romans having made camp in the middle
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sceveràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- sceverare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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