ab-jungo

xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I. Lit., to unyoke: juvencum, Verg. G. 3, 518.— Hence,
II. Transf., to detach from a thing, to remove, separate: abjuncto Labieno, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: Demosthenes se ab hoc refractariolo judiciali dicendi genere abjunxit, abstained from, * Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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