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seiungo

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From sē- (astray) +‎ iungō (I join).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sēiungō (present infinitive sēiungere, perfect active sēiūnxī, supine sēiūnctum); third conjugation

  1. to separate, sever or disunite
    • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 4.29:
      Sed in animo tantum modo cogitatione possumus morbum ab aegrotatione seiungere, vitiositas autem est habitus aut adfectio in tota vita inconstans et a se ipsa dissentiens.
  2. to exclude

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: sejoin

References

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  • sejungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • seiungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers