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obvallo

obvallo · v. a

to surround with a wall

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What it meant

ob-vallo — Lewis & Short

ob-vallo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to surround with a wall or rampart; to fortify, intrench.
I Lit.: urbem, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. ob, p. 179 Müll.—*
II Trop.: locus omni ratione obvallatus. Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3.

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