ob-saepĭo — Lewis & Short
ob-saepĭo (ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap.
Diom. p. 378 P.),I v. a., to hedge or fence in, to enclose; hence, transf., to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible (class.; syn.: obstruo, oppilo).
I Lit.: NEQVE QVIS IN EO LOCO QVID OPPONIT, MOLIT, OBSEPIT, FIGIT, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:
ubi illum saltum video obsaeptum,Plaut. Casin. 5, 2, 35; cf.:
obsaeptis itineribus,Liv. 25, 29; v. Drak. ad Liv. 39, 1, 5:
mox iter, apertis, quae vetustas obsaepserat, pergit,had rendered impassable, Tac. A. 15, 27:
obsaepta viarum,impassable roads, Sil. 12, 110.—
II Trop., to close or bar up:
haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant, adipiscendi obsaepiebant,Cic. Mur. 23, 48; cf.
id. Scaur. § 40: plebi iter ad curules magistratus obsaepsit,Liv. 9, 34; 4, 25:
obsaepta diutinā servitute ora reseramus,Plin. Pan. 66.