Lewis & Short

sē-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. To lead aside or apart, to draw aside; to lead away, carry off; to set aside, put by, etc. (syn. sevoco).
    1. A. Lit. (class.): te huc foras seduxi, Ut, etc., Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 14; cf.: Pamphilus me solum seducit foras, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 69: me rursus seducit, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12: aliquem solum seorsum ab aedibus, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 95: aliquem paululum a turbā, Petr. 13, 2: singulos separatim, Liv. 30, 5: aliquem blandā manu, Ov. M. 2, 691: aliquem in secretum, Phaedr. 3, 10, 11 al.
      Absol.: prehendit dextram, seducit, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 60: quod a te seductus est tuoque beneficio adhuc vivit, was withdrawn, taken out of the way, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; cf.: aliquem a debitā peste, id. Phil. 13, 10, 22: ocellos, to turn away, avert, Prop. 1, 9, 27.
      Of abstract subjects: et dum avaritia seducere aliquid cupit atque in suum vertere, omnia fecit aliena, to lay by, Sen. Ep. 90, 38.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen., to remove, separate, etc. (not ante-Aug. and rare): quiddam a corporibus seductum, Sen. Ep. 117, 13: non potes (Helvia) ad obtinendum dolorem muliebre nomen praetendere, ex quo te virtutes tuae seduxerunt, have removed, separated you, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 16: vacuos ocellos, Prop. 1, 9, 27.
      2. 2. In partic., to lead astray, mislead, seduce (eccl. Lat.), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 8; Aug. Conf. 2, 3 med.; id. Tract. in Johan. 29; id. Civ. Dei, 14, 11 fin.; Vulg. Exod. 22, 16 et saep.
  2. II. Tc. put asunder, separate, divide (only poet. and rare; syn.: secerno, sejungo): seducit terras haec brevis unda duas, Ov. H. 19, 142; so, immensos recessus (Caspia claustra), Luc. 8, 291: quarto seducunt castra volatu, i. e. divide into two adverse squadrons, Ov. M. 13, 611: plura locuturi subito seducimur imbre, id. F. 4, 385.
    With abl.: cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus, Verg. A. 4, 385.
    Hence, sēductus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), remote, distant, apart (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): ex alto seductas aethere longe Despectat terras, Ov. M. 4, 622: recessus gurgitis, id. ib. 13, 902.
    Of distance in an upward direction: mons erat audaci seductus in aethera dorso, far uplifted, lofty, Stat. Th. 3, 460: consilia non publica sed in privato seductaque a plurium conscientiā, Liv. 2, 54, 7: ut illis non minus hos seductos et quasi rusticos, retired, living in solitude, Plin. Ep. 7, 25, 5: seductum vitae genus, retired, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 19, 2; cf.: quorum (hominum) maxime in seducto actiones sunt, in retirement, solitude, id. Tranq. 3, 2.