sceverare

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Italian

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exsēperāre, derived from Latin sēparāre (to separate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ʃe.veˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sce‧ve‧rà‧re

Verb

sceveràre (first-person singular present scévero or scèvero, first-person singular past historic sceverài, past participle sceveràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary) to separate, to distinguish
    Synonyms: distinguere, separare
    • 13th century, Bono Giamboni, “Capitolo 9”, in Dell'arte della guerra [On the Art of War]‎, 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]‎, 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 was separated from the other, due to the Romans having made camp in the middle

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Further reading

  • sceverare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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