circum-saepĭo (-sēp-), sepsi, septum, īre, v. a., to hedge or fence round with something, to surround, enclose (not anteAug.): circumsepta loca parietibus, Col. 1, 6, 4; Dig. 41, 2, 3, § 14: stagnum aedificiis, * Suet. Ner. 31: solium circumsaeptum lapide Thrasio, on a platform of Thrasian marble, id. ib. 50: (Tarquinius) armatis corpus circumsepsit, Liv. 1, 49, 2.
Of a hostile surrounding: custodiis, Lact. 1, 14, 10: in quādam turre, Front. 1, 6, 5.
Trop.: īsdem ignibus circumsaepti, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 45.