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A rampart with palisades

  • 1 vāllus

        vāllus ī, m    [1 VEL-].—In fortification, a stake, palisade: qui labor et quantus agminis... ferre vallum, etc.: vallum caedere et parare, L.: se acutissimis vallis induebant; hos cippos appellabant, Cs.— A rampart with palisades: duplicem fecerat vallum, Cs.—A point, spike, tooth: pectinis, O.—In agriculture, a stake, pole: Exacuunt alii vallos, V.
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    stake, palisade, point, post, pole

    Latin-English dictionary > vāllus

  • 2 vallum

    vallum, i, n. [collective of 1. vallus; the line of palisades about an intrenchment; hence], an earthen wall or rampart set with palisades, a palisaded rampart, intrenchment, circumvallation.
    I.
    Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.; Liv. 33, 5, 4 sq.:

    castra vallo fossāque munire,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

    aliquem vallo et fossā saeptum tenere,

    Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3:

    oppidum vallo et fossā cingere,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 5:

    oppidum vallo et fossā circumdare,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Sall. J. 76, 2; Liv. 7, 23, 5; Verg. A. 9, 146; 9, 506; 9, 524; Hor. Epod. 9, 13 al.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., a wall, rampart, fortification; with gen.:

    non Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum obicio et oppono,

    Cic. Pis. 33, 81:

    India vallo munitur eburno,

    Lucr. 2, 538:

    saepes pastorum munita vallo arboris,

    Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 22:

    (spica) contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    munitae sunt palpebrae tamquam vallo pilorum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 143:

    dentium,

    App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 9.— Absol.:

    si interdicta petes vallo (i. e. stola) circumdata, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 96.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vallum

  • 3 vāllō

        vāllō āvī, ātus, āre    [vallum], to fortify with a rampart, surround with palisades, intrench, circumvallate: castra, L.: noctem, i. e. intrench themselves at night, Ta.—Fig., to fortify, protect, defend: Pontus et naturā et regione vallatus: haec omnia quasi saepimento aliquo vallabit disserendi ratione: Catilina vallatus sicariis.
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    vallare, vallavi, vallatus V
    surround/fortify/furnish (camp, etc) with a palisaded rampart

    Latin-English dictionary > vāllō

  • 4 vallo

    vallo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vallum], in milit. lang., to surround with a rampart and palisades, to palisade, intrench, circumvallate (syn. saepio).
    I.
    Lit.:

    castra vallantem Fabium adorti sunt,

    Liv. 9, 41, 15:

    castra vallari placuit,

    Tac. H. 2, 19; so, castra, Auct. B. Alex. 27, 6; 30, 2; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 76:

    vallare noctem,

    i. e. to intrench themselves at night, Tac. G. 30:

    nulli vallārant oppida muri,

    Luc. 4, 224.— Absol.:

    muniendo vallandoque militem firmabant,

    Tac. H. 4, 26.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to fortify, protect, defend with something:

    elephantis aciem utrimque vallaverat,

    Flor. 2, 8 fin.:

    Macedoniam suam armis ferroque,

    id. 2, 12, 4:

    Pontus et regiis opibus et ipsā naturā regionis vallatus,

    Cic. Arch. 9, 21:

    urbs Capsa in mediā Africā sita anguibus arenisque vallata,

    Flor. 3, 1, 14:

    cum gladio te vallare scieris, vallum ferre desinito,

    Liv. Epit. 57:

    vallatus bello,

    Luc. 6, 29:

    videbant Catilinam... vallatum indicibus atque sicariis,

    Cic. Mur. 24, 49:

    haec omnia quasi saepimento aliquo vallabit disserendi ratione,

    id. Leg. 1, 24, 62:

    jus legatorum divino jure esse vallatum,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34:

    ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae,

    Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 29:

    templa praesenti numine vallata,

    Val. Max. 9, 11, ext. 4:

    hydra venenatis vallata colubris,

    Lucr. 5, 27; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 697; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932; Sil. 7, 407:

    sol radiis frontem vallatus acutis,

    Ov. H. 4, 159:

    vallantur planctibus arae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 564.— To surround:

    abyssus vallavit me,

    Vulg. Jonae, 2, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vallo

  • 5 vallus

    1.
    vallus, i, m. [cf. Gr. hêlos, nail], a stake, pale.
    I.
    In gen. (rare).
    a.
    For supporting vines, Verg. G. 1, 264; 2, 25.—
    b.
    A pole set with teeth and fastened to a cart, pushed forwards by oxen placed behind;

    used by the Gauls for cutting grain,

    Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296 (in Pall. 7, 2, called vehiculum).—
    II.
    Esp., in milit. lang., a stake, palisade, used for intrenchment (freq. and class.): qui labor, quantus agminis;

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria... ferre vallum, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    Scipio Africanus militem cottidie in opere habuit et triginta dierum frumentum, ad septenos vallos ferre cogebat,

    Liv. Epit. 57: virgulta vallo caedendo, id. 25, 36, 5:

    vallum cae dere et parare jubet,

    id. 33, 5, 4:

    vallum secum ferente milite,

    id. 33, 6, 1:

    quo qui intraverant, se ipsi acutissimis vallis induebant: hos cippos appellabant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Collect. for vallum, a rampart set with palisades, Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3; Tib. 1, 10, 9.—
    2.
    In gen., a point, spike:

    pectinis,

    a tooth, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 15.
    2.
    vallus, i, f. dim. [contr. for vannulus, from vannus], a little winnowing-van for grain or provender, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2; 1, 23, 5; id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 166.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vallus

  • 6 terraplén

    m.
    embankment, mound, terrace, bank.
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    1 embankment
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    noun m.
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    SM
    1) [en carretera, ferrocarril] embankment
    2) (Agr) terrace
    3) (Mil) rampart, bank
    4) (=cuesta) slope, gradient
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    masculino embankment, bank
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    = rampart, embankment, earthwork, mound.
    Ex. You will marvel at the views of Skye from the castle ramparts.
    Ex. Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.
    Ex. As a defensive structure, palisades were often used in conjunction with earthworks.
    Ex. On the treeless mound he took out his fieldglasses and began to survey the enemy's positions on the hills about 2 miles away.
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    masculino embankment, bank
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    = rampart, embankment, earthwork, mound.

    Ex: You will marvel at the views of Skye from the castle ramparts.

    Ex: Side-effects on the environment include beaches losing sand because of seafront embankments, littoral dunes deteriorating and marinas becoming silted.
    Ex: As a defensive structure, palisades were often used in conjunction with earthworks.
    Ex: On the treeless mound he took out his fieldglasses and began to survey the enemy's positions on the hills about 2 miles away.

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    embankment, bank
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    terraplén sustantivo masculino embankment
    ' terraplén' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bank
    - embankment
    - dike
    - rampart
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    embankment
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    m embankment
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    terraplén nm, pl - plenes : terrace, embankment

    Spanish-English dictionary > terraplén

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