seiungo
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sē- (“astray”) + iungō (“I join”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seːi̯ˈi̯un.ɡoː/, [s̠eːi̯ˈi̯ʊŋɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈjun.ɡo/, [seˈjuŋɡo]
Verb
sēiungō (present infinitive sēiungere, perfect active sēiūnxī, supine sēiūnctum); third conjugation
- I 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.
- I exclude
Conjugation
Descendants
- English: sejoin
References
- “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