secedo

Latin

Etymology

From sē- (“apart”) +‎ cēdō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seːˈkeː.doː/, [s̠eːˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈt͡ʃe.do/, [seˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

sēcēdō (present infinitive sēcēdere, perfect active sēcessī, supine sēcessum); third conjugation

1. to withdraw, to secede, to separate oneself, to shut oneself off, to seek distance
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.375–376:

     omnia fīnierat: tenuēs sēcessit in aurās.
     mānsit odor: possēs scīre fuisse deam.

     [Her story] was all finished: She withdrew into gentle breezes.
     Her fragrance remained: You might know a goddess had been [there].
     (Ovid concludes his poetic dialogue with Flora (mythology).)

   • Dig. XVII.I.16 Ulpianus libro trigensimo primo ad edictum

     Si quis mihi mandaverit in meo aliquid facere et fecero, quaesitum est, an sit mandati actio. Et ait Celsus libro septimo digestorum hoc respondisse se, cum Aurelius Quietus hospiti suo medico mandasse diceretur, ut in hortis eius quos Ravennae habebat, in quos omnibus annis secedere solebat, sphaeristerium et hypocausta et quaedam ipsius valetudini apta sua inpensa faceret: deducto igitur, quanto sua aedificia pretiosiora fecisset, quod amplius impendisset posse eum mandati iudicio persequi.

     If someone mandates me to do something in my own business and I have done it, it is to be asked if a mandate claim arises. And Celsus says in the seventh book of his digests that it is to answer that when Aurelius Quietus tells his guest who is a physician and has gardens in Ravenna where he withdraws all years to build a sphaeristerium and hypocausts and certain other things which further his fitness by his own outlay this claim can be pursued offsetting the sum by which it has added to the value of the buildings, that is the outlay that goes beyond this.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sēcēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sēcēdō	sēcēdis	sēcēdit	sēcēdimus	sēcēditis	sēcēdunt
	imperfect	sēcēdēbam	sēcēdēbās	sēcēdēbat	sēcēdēbāmus	sēcēdēbātis	sēcēdēbant
	future	sēcēdam	sēcēdēs	sēcēdet	sēcēdēmus	sēcēdētis	sēcēdent
	perfect	sēcessī	sēcessistī	sēcessit	sēcessimus	sēcessistis	sēcessērunt, sēcessēre
	pluperfect	sēcesseram	sēcesserās	sēcesserat	sēcesserāmus	sēcesserātis	sēcesserant
	future perfect	sēcesserō	sēcesseris	sēcesserit	sēcesserimus	sēcesseritis	sēcesserint
passive	present	sēcēdor	sēcēderis, sēcēdere	sēcēditur	sēcēdimur	sēcēdiminī	sēcēduntur
	imperfect	sēcēdēbar	sēcēdēbāris, sēcēdēbāre	sēcēdēbātur	sēcēdēbāmur	sēcēdēbāminī	sēcēdēbantur
	future	sēcēdar	sēcēdēris, sēcēdēre	sēcēdētur	sēcēdēmur	sēcēdēminī	sēcēdentur
	perfect	sēcessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sēcessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sēcessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sēcēdam	sēcēdās	sēcēdat	sēcēdāmus	sēcēdātis	sēcēdant
	imperfect	sēcēderem	sēcēderēs	sēcēderet	sēcēderēmus	sēcēderētis	sēcēderent
	perfect	sēcesserim	sēcesserīs	sēcesserit	sēcesserīmus	sēcesserītis	sēcesserint
	pluperfect	sēcessissem	sēcessissēs	sēcessisset	sēcessissēmus	sēcessissētis	sēcessissent
passive	present	sēcēdar	sēcēdāris, sēcēdāre	sēcēdātur	sēcēdāmur	sēcēdāminī	sēcēdantur
	imperfect	sēcēderer	sēcēderēris, sēcēderēre	sēcēderētur	sēcēderēmur	sēcēderēminī	sēcēderentur
	perfect	sēcessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sēcessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sēcēde	—	—	sēcēdite	—
	future	—	sēcēditō	sēcēditō	—	sēcēditōte	sēcēduntō
passive	present	—	sēcēdere	—	—	sēcēdiminī	—
	future	—	sēcēditor	sēcēditor	—	—	sēcēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sēcēdere	sēcessisse	sēcessūrum esse	sēcēdī	sēcessum esse	sēcessum īrī
participles		sēcēdēns	—	sēcessūrus	—	sēcessus	sēcēdendus, sēcēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sēcēdendī	sēcēdendō	sēcēdendum	sēcēdendō	sēcessum	sēcessū

Derived terms

• secessus
• sēcessiō

References

• “secedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “secedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• secedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.