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saepĭo (sēp-), psi, ptum, īre (pluperf. subj. saepissent, Liv. 44, 39, 3 dub.; v. Drak. ad loc.), 4, v. a. [saepes].

  1. I. Prop., to surround with a hedge, to hedge in, fence in, enclose (class.; cf. vallo).
    1. A. With abl.: VTI LOCVS ANTE EAM ARAM … STIPITIBVS ROBVSTIS SAEPIATVR, Cenot. Pisan. ap. Inscr Orell. 642; cf.: saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis indagavi sepulcrum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64; cf. id. Rep. 1, 26, 41.
    2. B. In simple constr.: dum ne per fundum saeptum facias semitam, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 36.
    3. C. With abl. of time: pontifices negant segetem feriis saepiri debere, Col 2, 21, 2.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. To enclose, surround, encircle, etc.
      1. 1. With abl.: urbem moenibus, Cic. Sest. 42, 91: oppidum operibus, unitionibus, id. Phil. 13, 9, 20: castris, id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 5, 5, 2; 44, 39, 3: castra tectis parietum pro muro, id. 25, 25, 8: oculos membranis tenuissimis, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142 sq.: saltum plagis, Lucr. 5, 1251: feram venantum coronā, Verg. A. 9, 551: restituat legiones in locum, quo saeptae fuerunt, Liv. 9, 11, 3: Agrippam custodiā militum, Suet. Aug. 65 fin.: saepsit se tectis, i. e. shut himself up in his palace, Verg. A. 7, 600.
      2. 2. With acc.: saepsit comitium et curiam, Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31: omnes fori aditūs, id. Phil. 5, 4, 9.
      3. 3. Pass. with ab: Albana pubes inermis ab armatis saepta, Liv. 1, 28, 8.
    2. B. To cover, envelop, wrap, wrap up; with abl.: aliquem veste, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 40: saeptus squalidā stolā (with vestitus), Enn. ap. Non. 537, 27 sq.: omnia sic avido complexu cetera saepsit (sc. aether), Lucr. 5, 470: at Venus obscuro gradientes aëre saepsit, Verg. A. 1, 411.
  3. III. Trop.
    1. A. To hedge up, check, impede, hinder, stop, etc.: perii, lacrimae linguam saepiunt, Afran. ap. Non. 41, 5.
    2. B. To surround, enclose, encompass, etc.: (inventa) vestire atque ornare oratione: post memoriā saepire, to enclose them in one’s memory, i. e. to get them by heart, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf.: is se circumvestit dictis, saepit sedulo, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 158; and: domi teneamus eam (orbam eloquentiam) saeptam liberali custodiā, Cic. Brut. 96, 330; v. Jahn ad h. l.: locum omnem cogitatione (the figure taken from surrounding with toils in hunting; cf. II. A.), Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147: saeptus legibus et judiciorum metu, surrounded, sheltered, guarded, id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; cf.: quibus praesidiis philosophiae saeptus sim, id. Fam. 16, 23; so, saeptus praesidiis, id. Rep. 1, 44, 68; id. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Mil. 1, 2; cf. also: postquam omnia pudore saepta animadverterat, Liv. 3, 44; and with this cf.: (mulieres) saeptae pudicitiā agunt, Tac. G. 19: (lex) se saepit difficultate abrogationis, Cic. Att. 3, 23, 2: ut quibusdam excubiis in ore positis saepiatur, Gell. 1, 15, 3.

saeptum (sēp-), i, n. [saepio] (class.; usu. plur.).

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen., a fence, en closure, wall, etc.; plur. absol.: nunc de saeptis, quae tutandi causā fundi, aut partis fiant, dicam, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1; cf. the context: quibus enim saeptis tam immanes beluas continebimus? Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5: saxea saepta, id. ib. 4, 701: saepta candentia, Mart. Cap. 2, § 108: nisi saeptis revolsis, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9.
      With gen.: transit fulmen caeli per saepta domorum, Lucr. 1, 490; cf. id. 6, 228; 6, 860.
      Sing.: AEDICVLAM, ARAM, SAEPTVM, CLVSVM, VETVSTATE DIRVTA RESTITVIT, Inscr. Orell. 1515.
    2. B. Esp.: Saeptum lini, a hunter’s net or toils, Nemes. Cyneg. 308.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. In gen., any enclosed place, an enclosure: ut intra saepta (sc. villae) habeat aquam, Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.
      1. 2. Esp.
        1. a. A fold for cattle: quamvis multa meis exiret victima saeptis, Verg. E. 1, 34: saepta repetit pecus, Col. 6, 23, 3.
        2. b. A fish-pond or preserve: animadvertimus intra saepta pelagios greges inertis mugilis, Col. 8, 17, 8.
        3. c. Plur., a large enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote, and where were many handsome shops: cum ille in saepta irruisset, Cic. Mil. 15, 41: est (sc. dies) quoque, quo populum jus est includere saeptis, Ov. F. 1, 53; cf. Mart. 9, 60, 1.
        4. d. Saeptum venationis, a park, warren, preserve, enclosed hunting-ground, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 2; cf. the context.
    2. B. Any thing used for enclosing, etc.; hence,
      1. 1. A palisade, stake, pale: inermem tribunum adoriantur fragmentis saeptorum et fustibus, Cic. Sest. 37, 79.
      2. 2. A sluice, flood-gate, Dig. 43, 21, 1, § 4.
      3. 3. Medic. t. t., the diaphragm, midriff: jecur … ab ipso saepto orsum, Cels. 4, 1; cf. id. 5, 26, 15; 7, 4, 2; called also transversum saeptum, id. 4, 1.