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).
I Lit.
A In gen.: seponi et occultari, Cic. Att. 11, 24, 2; cf.: aliquid habere sepositum et reconditum, id. 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.—
B In partic., to send into banishment , to banish , exile (post-Aug.; cf. relego): aliquem a domo, Tac. A. 3, 12: aliquem in provinciam specie legationis, id. H. 1, 13 fin. : aliquem in secretum Asiae, id. ib. 1, 10: in insulam, id. ib. 1, 46 fin. ; 1, 88; 2, 63; id. A. 4, 44; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tib. 15; id. Oth. 3; id. Tit. 9.—
II Trop., to lay or set aside mentally: id quod primum se obtulerit, Quint. 7, 1, 27.—
B 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.—
C 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.
VII —Hence, sē-pŏsĭtus , a, um, P. a. (only poet. and rare).
A Distant , remote , = remotus: fons, Prop. 1, 20, 24: gens, Mart. Spect. 3, 1: mare, Sen. Med. 339.—
B Distinct , special : mea seposita est et ab omni milite dissors Gloria, Ov. Am. 2, 12, 11.—
C Select , choice : vestis, sumptuous garments , Tib. 2, 5, 8: seposito de grege, Mart. 2, 43, 4.