to block one

ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.

Lit.

In gen.:

dicam in itinere,

on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:

hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:

huc quia habebas iter,

Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:

iter illi saepius in forum,

Plin. Pan. 77:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,

In partic.

A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:

cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,

Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:

ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

qui eo itineris causa convenerant,

id. ib. 7, 55:

sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,

id. ib. 1, 7:

in ipso itinere confligere,

Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:

Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

committere se itineri,

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

ingredi pedibus,

id. de Sen. 10:

conficere pulverulentā viā,

id. Att. 5, 14:

iter mihi est Lanuvium,

id. Mil. 10:

iter habere Capuam,

id. Att. 8, 11:

facere in Apuliam,

id. ib.:

agere,

Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,

intendere,

Liv. 21, 29:

maturare,

Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

properare,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

conficere,

Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:

constituere,

to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:

urgere,

Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:

agere in aliquam partem,

Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:

convertere,

to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:

facere,

id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:

comparare,

to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:

supprimere,

to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

retro vertere,

Liv. 28, 3:

ferre per medium mare,

Verg. A. 7, 810:

ferre Inachias urbes,

Stat. Th. 1, 326:

continuare die ac nocte,

to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

desistere itinere,

id. B. G. 5, 11:

coeptum dimittere,

Ov. M. 2, 598:

frangere,

Stat. Th. 12, 232:

impedire,

Ov. H. 21, 74:

instituere,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

peragere,

Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:

rumpere,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

itinere prohibere aliquem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

ex itinere redire,

Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:

revertere,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:

tutum alicui praestare,

Cic. Planc. 41.—

Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):

iter terrestre facturus,

Just. 12, 10, 7:

inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

terrestri itinere ducere legiones,

Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:

pedestri itinere confecto,

Suet. Claud. 17:

pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,

Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—

A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:

cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:

magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,

id. ib. 1, 38:

itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,

making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:

confecto justo itinere ejus diei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —

The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.

5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,

Cic. Att. 14, 10:

erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,

id. ib. 3, 9:

patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:

in diversum iter equi concitati,

Liv. 1, 28:

ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,

Nep. Eum. 3, 5:

itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

Suet. Galb. 20:

exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,

id. Caes. 58:

qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,

Curt. 13, 11, 19:

ferro aperire,

Sall. C. 58, 7:

fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,

Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:

iter urinae,

the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:

iter vocis,

Verg. A. 7, 534:

itinera aquae,

Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:

Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:

non utile carpis iter,

Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:

ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,

Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:

iter patefacere,

to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—

A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:

aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,

Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:

negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—

Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:

patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

verum iter gloriae,

id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

iter amoris nostri et officii mei,

id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

salutis,

Verg. A. 2, 387:

fecit iter sceleri,

Ov. M. 15, 106:

labi per iter declive senectae,

id. ib. 15, 227:

vitae diversum iter ingredi,

Juv. 7, 172:

duo itinera audendi,

Tac. H. 4, 49:

novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,

id. Or. 19:

pronum ad honores,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:

novum ad principatum,

id. Pan. 7, 1.

caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].

The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).

Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—

Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,

The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

codex,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —

A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

caudex,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—

Inpartic.

A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,

(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).

Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—

Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—

Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

92: referre in codicem,

id. Sull. 15, 44.—

A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].

The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).

Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—

Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,

The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

codex,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —

A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

caudex,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—

Inpartic.

A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,

(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).

Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—

Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—

Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

92: referre in codicem,

id. Sull. 15, 44.—

A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

offensĭo, ōnis, f. [1. offendo], a striking against any thing; a tripping, stumbling (class.).

Lit.:

pedis offensio,

Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; in plur.:

offensiones pedum,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: dentium, Lact. Opif. Dei, 10, 13. — Absol.:

offensione sonitūs,

Vitr. 9, 8, 3.—

Transf., that against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block:

ut nihil offensionis haberet,

Cic. Univ. 6, 15.—

Trop.

An offence given to any one;

hence,

disfavor, aversion, disgust, dislike, hatred, discredit, bad reputation, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 9; id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 178 (for which:

existimatio offensa nostri ordinis,

id. ib. 2, 2, 47, §

117): sapiens praetor offensionem vitat aequalitate decernendi,

id. Mur. 20, 41:

suscipere invidiam atque offensionem apud aliquem,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 137:

in odium offensionemque populi Romani inruere,

id. ib. 1, 12, 35:

cadere,

id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

offensionem excipere,

id. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

subire,

Plin. 35, 4, 7, § 23:

adferre,

Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:

offensiones accendere,

Tac. A. 2, 57:

hoc apud alios offensionem habet,

displeases them, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 9. —

An offence which one receives; displeasure, vexation:

habere ad res certas vitiosam offensionem atque fastidium,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: mihi majori offensioni sunt quam delectationi possessiunculae meae, give me more vexation than pleasure, id. Att. 13, 23, 3.—

A complaint, indisposition; an accident, misfortune, mishap, failure:

corporum offensiones,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 31:

graves solent offensiones esse ex gravibus morbis, si qua culpa commissa est,

id. Fam. 16, 10, 1:

habet enim nihil quod in offensione deperdat,

i.e. if he loses his cause, id. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

offensiones belli,

misfortunes, defeats, id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

offensionum et repulsarum ignominia,

i.e. refusals, id. Off. 1, 21, 71.—

That which causes one to offend or sin, a stumbling-block (eccl. Lat.):

unusquisque offensiones oculorum suorum abiciat,

Vulg. Ezech. 20, 7:

nemini dantes ullam offensionem,

id. 2 Cor. 6, 3:

lapis offensionis,

id. 1 Pet. 2, 8 al.

* * *

inter-clūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a. [claudo], to shut out, shut off.

Lit.

To cut off, hinder, stop, block up, shut off.

Of one's way, passage, entrance, retreat, etc.; constr. (syn. intersaepio).

With acc. of thing and dat. of person:

hisce omnis aditus ad Sullam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

sibi reditum,

Just. 2, 5, 10; cf.

also: intercludit aditum veritati,

Aug. de Mendac. 11.—

Esp. freq. in milit. lang.: iter inimicis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 68:

exitum Romano,

Liv. 22, 13, 5:

aditum Romanis,

id. 22, 22, 10.—

With gen. of person (very rare):

multitudinis fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 8.—

Pass., with abl. of thing:

his superatis aut reditu interclusis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 2:

omni exitu interclusi,

id. ib. 7, 44, 4:

interclusus itinere Caesar,

id. ib. 7, 59, 1; id. B. C. 2, 20, 1; 7: ne reditu intercluderentur, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 5; but with abl. of manner, etc.:

via inculta atque interclusa frondibus et virgultis,

Cic. Cael. 18:

cum Byzantii totum Pontum aegre repulsum, et cervicibus interclusum suis, sustinerent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4.—

With acc. alone:

bene laudata virtus voluptatis aditus intercludat necesse est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; cf.:

omnīs vias seditionum,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

ut fugam intercludat,

id. Att. 7, 20, 1:

iter,

id. ib. 8, 11, D. 4:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11:

illos aspera ponti Interclusit hiemps,

Verg. A. 2, 111:

cervis objectis, ut viam intercluderet,

Liv. 44, 11, 4:

exitum ad opem ferendam,

id. 22, 13, 5.—

In gen., to shut off, cut off, stop, hinder, prevent:

commeatus hostibus,

Liv. 26, 39, 10; 44, 6, 12:

ob interclusos commeatus,

Suet. Aug. 16:

spiritum,

Curt. 7, 5, 15; 3, 6, 14:

vocem,

Just. 11, 8, 4; cf.:

consuli admiratio intercluserat vocem,

Liv. 2, 2, 8.—

To cut off, separate one from any thing.

From a place.

With acc., ab, and abl. (so most usu.):

adversarios ab oppido,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43, 2:

Pompeium ab eo (Dyrrachio),

id. ib. 3, 41, 3: ipsum ab reliquo exercitu, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: so,

ab exercitu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

a praesidio,

id. ib. 1, 59, 5:

intercludi ab oppido,

Liv. 1, 27, 10:

interclusi ab suis,

id. 3, 70, 5:

a patria,

id. 5, 42, 5:

ab acie,

id. 4, 41, 4:

tribunos a plebe,

id. 25, 4, 4 et saep.; Auct. B. Alex. 27, 4; Flor. 4, 2, 26. —

With acc. and abl. alone (rare):

hostem Hibero intercludere, et frumento prohibere (cf. 2. infra),

Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3.—

From aid, supplies, relief, etc.; with abl.:

re frumentaria intercludi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 3:

frumento commeatuque Caesarem,

id. ib. 1, 48, 2: commeatibus nostros. id. ib. 3, 23, 6; id. B. C. 1, 61, 2; 1, 72, 1:

ille commeatu et reliquis copiis intercludendus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

hostem commeatibus,

Flor. 3, 19, 11:

hostes commeatibus in urbe inclusos intercludunt,

Just. 4, 4, 5.— Absol.:

ne tot fortissimos viros interclusos opprimeret hostis,

Liv. 4, 39, 3; cf.:

interclusi equites,

id. ib. § 2.—

To shut in, blockade:

metuo, ne jam intercludemur, ut cum velitis exire, non liceat,

Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

libertatem suis praesidiis interclusam tenere,

id. Leg. 2, 28, 75:

veriti, ne angustiis intercluderentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

aliquem in insidiis,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

animam,

to stop the breath, to stifle, Liv. 23, 7:

Amazoniā latus peltā,

to cover, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131. —

Trop., to hinder, prevent; with quominus:

intercludor dolore, quominus ad te plura scribam,

Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2. [p. 979]

claudo ( * clōdo:

clodunt ita (oculos),

Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330 fin.; but some refer clodo to claudeo; and more freq., although not in Cic., clūdo, as always in the compounds; v. infra), si, sum, 3, v. a. [root sklu-, klu-, to shut; cf. kleiô, kleis, clavis; O. H. Germ. scliuzu; M. H. Germ. schliessen; also claudus, clavus], to shut.

To shut something that is open, to close, shut up (opp. aperire; freq. in prose and poetry).

Claudo:

forem cubiculi,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 25;

and, clausae fores,

Tib. 1, 9, 44; Suet. Ner. 47:

conventus portus Varroni clausit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

januam serā,

Tib. 1, 2, 6:

domum,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 36 sq.:

ostia,

Cat. 6, 231:

portas,

Cic. Fl. 25, 61; Hor. C. 3, 5, 23; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

omnes aditus,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 25; Tac. A. 12, 68; Stat. Th. 6, 752:

rivos,

to dam up, Verg. E. 3, 111:

ad claudendas pupulas, ne quid incideret, et ad aperiendas, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

ocellos (in dying),

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 17; so,

oculos,

Luc. 5, 28:

lumina,

Verg. A. 10, 746; Ov. M. 3, 503:

clausis foribus,

Lucr. 4, 598.—

Cludo:

domum,

Tac. H. 1, 33:

Janum Quirinum ter clusit,

Suet. Aug. 22; Flor. 4, 12, 64:

animam clusit dolor,

Luc. 8, 59.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55:

domus clausa contra cupiditatem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

habere domum clausam pudori et sanctimoniae, patentem cupiditati et voluptatibus,

id. Quint. 30, 93; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

aures ad doctissimas voces,

id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 40, 8, 20:

cludendae sunt aures malis vocibus,

Sen. Ep. 123, 9:

horum ferocia vocem Euandri clausit,

Liv. 44, 45, 11: fugam hostibus, q. s. to block up, to cut off, prevent, id. 27, 18, 20; so Ov. M. 6, 572:

alicui iter,

id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 8, 548:

alios incessus,

Tac. A. 6, 33:

sideritis sanguinem claudit,

i. e. stops, stanches, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 135:

cluso corpore adversum vim veneni,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

clausa consilia habere,

i. e. to conceal, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63; cf. Sall. C. 10, 5; Ov. M. 2, 641; id. F. 4, 846; Sil. 1, 140.— Poet.: animam laqueo, i. e. to end one ' s life, Ov. M. 7, 604 (cf.:

vitalesque vias et respiramina clausit,

id. ib. 2, 828).—

To close, end, conclude (so, except the milit. expression, agmen, only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; most freq. in Quint.).

Claudo:

cujus octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 24:

opus,

Ov. F. 3, 384:

jus,

Luc. 5, 44:

labores ingentis belli,

Sil. 15, 655:

epistulam,

Ov. H. 13, 165; 20, 242:

cenas lactucā,

Mart. 13, 14; Quint. 9, 4, 13:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud, quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plaudite,

id. 6, 1, 52; cf. id. 1, 8, 1; 2, 15, 27.—

Cludo:

cludere bella,

Stat. Th. 11, 58:

cludendi incohandique sententias ratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

opp. incipere,

id. 9, 4, 67 (as claudere, opp. incipere, id. 1, 8, 1):

cum versus cluditur,

id. 9, 4, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 26; 9, 4, 71; 9, 4, 73; 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 102; 9, 4, 104; 9, 4, 105; 12, 10, 31.—

Agmen, in milit. lang., to close the procession or train, to bring up the rear, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; Curt. 3, 3, 21; 4, 12, 4; so,

aciem,

Sil. 7, 590; cf. cogo, I. B. 3.—

(For the compounds includo, concludo.) Claudere aliquid aliquā re, to shut up or in something by something, to enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine (class., esp. freq. in poetry and in the historians).

Claudo, with abl.:

locum aquā,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1:

quae (Syracusarum urbs) loci naturā terrā marique clauderetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

(animae) clausae tenebris et carcere caeco,

Verg. A. 6, 734:

stabulis armenta,

id. G. 3, 352:

claudens textis cratibus pecus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 45; cf. Ov. M. 2, 554; 4, 646:

ensem vaginā,

Luc. 5, 245:

aliquem Gyaro,

Tac. A. 4, 30; 14, 63:

clausus domo,

id. ib. 15, 53; cf.:

intra domum,

id. H. 4, 49:

rivus praealtis utrimque clausus ripis,

Liv. 21, 54, 1; cf. id. 21, 43, 4; 41, 27, 12; Quint. 1, 10, 45:

clauditur cubiculo aliquis,

Tac. A. 15, 69; cf.: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3:

in arcā,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 59:

claudam in curiā vos,

Liv. 23, 2, 9:

in tectis,

Ov. M. 3, 697:

(apes) in arbore inani,

id. F. 3, 743:

aquilonem in antris,

id. M. 1, 262.—Without abl.:

nihil se tam clausum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42:

insula ea sinum ab alto claudit,

Liv. 30, 24, 9; cf. Tac. G. 34; Quint. 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 1, 568 al.—In milit. lang., of a hostile encompassing, to encompass, invest, besiege, blockade, etc.:

praestare arbitrabatur, unum locum... quam omnia litora ac portus custodiā clausos teneri,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23:

urbem operibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 25, 22, 12 al.; cf.:

urbem obsidione,

Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

adversarios locorum angustiis,

id. Dat. 8, 4; cf. id. Epam. 7, 1; id. Ham. 2, 4:

multitudine,

id. Milt. 5, 3:

hinc Tusco claudimur amni,

are hemmed in, Verg. A. 8, 473.—So of hunting:

nemorum saltus,

Verg. E. 6, 56:

indagine collis,

Tib. 4, 3, 7:

silvas vastasque feras indagine,

Luc. 6, 42; Stat. Th. 2, 553:

insidiis altas valles,

Tib. 1, 4, 49:

cur tibi clauduntur rete Imbelles capr eae,

Ov. F. 5, 371.—

Cludo, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 5:

venti clusi Nubibus,

Lucr. 6, 197; Flor. 3, 20, 13.—

Trop.:

numcubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier?

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84:

nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier,

id. And. 3, 3, 41; cf.

I. A. 2. supra.—Esp. of speech and rhythm: qui non claudunt numeris sententias,

Cic. Or. 68, 229; 58, 198:

pedibus verba,

i. e. to compose verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 59:

quod clausae hieme Alpes essent,

Liv. 27, 36, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 317: rura gelu tum claudit hiems (and id. A. 2, 111: illos aspera ponti interclusit hiems).—Hence, P.a. as subst.: clausum ( clūsum), i, n., an enclosed place (for confining or keeping any thing):

clausa effringere,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

in clauso linquere,

in confinement, Verg. G. 4, 303:

fructus clauso custodire,

Col. 12, praef. §

3: sub uno clauso,

id. 7, 6, 5:

clausa domorum,

Lucr. 1, 354:

clausa viarum,

id. 4, 612.

claudo, ĕre, v. claudeo.

claudo ( * clōdo:

clodunt ita (oculos),

Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330 fin.; but some refer clodo to claudeo; and more freq., although not in Cic., clūdo, as always in the compounds; v. infra), si, sum, 3, v. a. [root sklu-, klu-, to shut; cf. kleiô, kleis, clavis; O. H. Germ. scliuzu; M. H. Germ. schliessen; also claudus, clavus], to shut.

To shut something that is open, to close, shut up (opp. aperire; freq. in prose and poetry).

Claudo:

forem cubiculi,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 25;

and, clausae fores,

Tib. 1, 9, 44; Suet. Ner. 47:

conventus portus Varroni clausit,

Caes. B. C. 2, 19:

januam serā,

Tib. 1, 2, 6:

domum,

Ov. P. 1, 7, 36 sq.:

ostia,

Cat. 6, 231:

portas,

Cic. Fl. 25, 61; Hor. C. 3, 5, 23; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

omnes aditus,

id. Phil. 1, 10, 25; Tac. A. 12, 68; Stat. Th. 6, 752:

rivos,

to dam up, Verg. E. 3, 111:

ad claudendas pupulas, ne quid incideret, et ad aperiendas, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:

ocellos (in dying),

Prop. 2 (3), 13, 17; so,

oculos,

Luc. 5, 28:

lumina,

Verg. A. 10, 746; Ov. M. 3, 503:

clausis foribus,

Lucr. 4, 598.—

Cludo:

domum,

Tac. H. 1, 33:

Janum Quirinum ter clusit,

Suet. Aug. 22; Flor. 4, 12, 64:

animam clusit dolor,

Luc. 8, 59.—

Trop.:

nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,

Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55:

domus clausa contra cupiditatem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39:

habere domum clausam pudori et sanctimoniae, patentem cupiditati et voluptatibus,

id. Quint. 30, 93; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

aures ad doctissimas voces,

id. Tusc. 4, 1, 2; cf. Liv. 40, 8, 20:

cludendae sunt aures malis vocibus,

Sen. Ep. 123, 9:

horum ferocia vocem Euandri clausit,

Liv. 44, 45, 11: fugam hostibus, q. s. to block up, to cut off, prevent, id. 27, 18, 20; so Ov. M. 6, 572:

alicui iter,

id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 8, 548:

alios incessus,

Tac. A. 6, 33:

sideritis sanguinem claudit,

i. e. stops, stanches, Plin. 26, 13, 83, § 135:

cluso corpore adversum vim veneni,

Tac. A. 15, 64:

clausa consilia habere,

i. e. to conceal, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 63; cf. Sall. C. 10, 5; Ov. M. 2, 641; id. F. 4, 846; Sil. 1, 140.— Poet.: animam laqueo, i. e. to end one ' s life, Ov. M. 7, 604 (cf.:

vitalesque vias et respiramina clausit,

id. ib. 2, 828).—

To close, end, conclude (so, except the milit. expression, agmen, only poet. or in post-Aug. prose; most freq. in Quint.).

Claudo:

cujus octavum trepidavit aetas Claudere lustrum,

Hor. C. 2, 4, 24:

opus,

Ov. F. 3, 384:

jus,

Luc. 5, 44:

labores ingentis belli,

Sil. 15, 655:

epistulam,

Ov. H. 13, 165; 20, 242:

cenas lactucā,

Mart. 13, 14; Quint. 9, 4, 13:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud, quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plaudite,

id. 6, 1, 52; cf. id. 1, 8, 1; 2, 15, 27.—

Cludo:

cludere bella,

Stat. Th. 11, 58:

cludendi incohandique sententias ratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 18; cf.

opp. incipere,

id. 9, 4, 67 (as claudere, opp. incipere, id. 1, 8, 1):

cum versus cluditur,

id. 9, 4, 65; cf. id. 9, 4, 26; 9, 4, 71; 9, 4, 73; 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 102; 9, 4, 104; 9, 4, 105; 12, 10, 31.—

Agmen, in milit. lang., to close the procession or train, to bring up the rear, Caes. B. G. 1, 25; Curt. 3, 3, 21; 4, 12, 4; so,

aciem,

Sil. 7, 590; cf. cogo, I. B. 3.—

(For the compounds includo, concludo.) Claudere aliquid aliquā re, to shut up or in something by something, to enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine (class., esp. freq. in poetry and in the historians).

Claudo, with abl.:

locum aquā,

Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1:

quae (Syracusarum urbs) loci naturā terrā marique clauderetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

(animae) clausae tenebris et carcere caeco,

Verg. A. 6, 734:

stabulis armenta,

id. G. 3, 352:

claudens textis cratibus pecus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 45; cf. Ov. M. 2, 554; 4, 646:

ensem vaginā,

Luc. 5, 245:

aliquem Gyaro,

Tac. A. 4, 30; 14, 63:

clausus domo,

id. ib. 15, 53; cf.:

intra domum,

id. H. 4, 49:

rivus praealtis utrimque clausus ripis,

Liv. 21, 54, 1; cf. id. 21, 43, 4; 41, 27, 12; Quint. 1, 10, 45:

clauditur cubiculo aliquis,

Tac. A. 15, 69; cf.: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 7 (6), 4, 3:

in arcā,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 59:

claudam in curiā vos,

Liv. 23, 2, 9:

in tectis,

Ov. M. 3, 697:

(apes) in arbore inani,

id. F. 3, 743:

aquilonem in antris,

id. M. 1, 262.—Without abl.:

nihil se tam clausum posse habere, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum esset,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 42:

insula ea sinum ab alto claudit,

Liv. 30, 24, 9; cf. Tac. G. 34; Quint. 1, 10, 42; Ov. M. 1, 568 al.—In milit. lang., of a hostile encompassing, to encompass, invest, besiege, blockade, etc.:

praestare arbitrabatur, unum locum... quam omnia litora ac portus custodiā clausos teneri,

Caes. B. C. 3, 23:

urbem operibus,

Nep. Milt. 7, 2; Liv. 25, 22, 12 al.; cf.:

urbem obsidione,

Nep. Epam. 8, 5:

adversarios locorum angustiis,

id. Dat. 8, 4; cf. id. Epam. 7, 1; id. Ham. 2, 4:

multitudine,

id. Milt. 5, 3:

hinc Tusco claudimur amni,

are hemmed in, Verg. A. 8, 473.—So of hunting:

nemorum saltus,

Verg. E. 6, 56:

indagine collis,

Tib. 4, 3, 7:

silvas vastasque feras indagine,

Luc. 6, 42; Stat. Th. 2, 553:

insidiis altas valles,

Tib. 1, 4, 49:

cur tibi clauduntur rete Imbelles capr eae,

Ov. F. 5, 371.—

Cludo, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 5:

venti clusi Nubibus,

Lucr. 6, 197; Flor. 3, 20, 13.—

Trop.:

numcubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier?

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84:

nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier,

id. And. 3, 3, 41; cf.

I. A. 2. supra.—Esp. of speech and rhythm: qui non claudunt numeris sententias,

Cic. Or. 68, 229; 58, 198:

pedibus verba,

i. e. to compose verses, Hor. S. 2, 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 10, 59:

quod clausae hieme Alpes essent,

Liv. 27, 36, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 317: rura gelu tum claudit hiems (and id. A. 2, 111: illos aspera ponti interclusit hiems).—Hence, P.a. as subst.: clausum ( clūsum), i, n., an enclosed place (for confining or keeping any thing):

clausa effringere,

Sall. J. 12, 5:

in clauso linquere,

in confinement, Verg. G. 4, 303:

fructus clauso custodire,

Col. 12, praef. §

3: sub uno clauso,

id. 7, 6, 5:

clausa domorum,

Lucr. 1, 354:

clausa viarum,

id. 4, 612.

claudo, ĕre, v. claudeo.

ob-mōlĭor, ītus, 4, v. dep. (perh. not ante-Aug.).

Lit., to push or throw up one thing before another (as a defence or obstruction):

nec in promptu erat quod obmolirentur,

Liv. 33, 5, 8:

arborum truncos et saxa,

Curt. 6, 6, 24.—

Transf., to block up, obstruct:

ad munienda et obmolienda, quae ruinis strata erant,

Liv. 37, 32, 7; cf. id. 33, 5.

offensācŭlum, i, n. [offenso], a striking against, a tripping, stumbling (postclass.).

Lit.:

crebris offensaculis contusa crura,

App. M. 9, p. 221, 3.—

Transf., the object against which one stumbles, a stumbling-block:

lapis ecce nostro fixus offensaculo est,

Prud. Apoth. 45; so,

adversarius nostris offensacula pedibus latenter opponit,

Lact. Opt. D. 1.