saepĭo — Lewis & Short
saepĭo (sēp-), psi, ptum, īre (
I pluperf. subj. saepissent, Liv. 44, 39, 3 dub.; v. Drak. ad loc.), 4, v. a. saepes.
I Prop., to surround with a hedge, to hedge in, fence in, enclose (class.; cf. vallo).
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.—
B In simple constr.:
dum ne per fundum saeptum facias semitam,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 36.—
C With abl. of time: pontifices negant segetem feriis saepiri debere, Col 2, 21, 2.—
II Transf.
A To enclose, surround, encircle, etc.
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 With acc.:
saepsit comitium et curiam,Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31:
omnes fori aditūs,id. Phil. 5, 4, 9.—
3 Pass. with ab:
Albana pubes inermis ab armatis saepta,Liv. 1, 28, 8.—
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.—
III Trop.
A To hedge up, check, impede, hinder, stop, etc.: perii, lacrimae linguam saepiunt, Afran. ap. Non. 41, 5.—
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.