ob-saepiō

inter-saepĭo, saepsi, saeptum, 4, v. a.

To fence about, hedge in, stop up, enclose, secure:

foramina intersaepta,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47:

quaedam operibus,

Liv. 34, 40:

muro intersaepta urbs,

id. 31, 46:

legionem densis arbustis,

Tac. A. 3, 21.—

To shut off, deprive of, take away, cut off:

iter,

Cic. Balb. 18, 43; so,

itinera,

Liv. 6, 9; Amm. 14, 2, 4:

vallo urbem ab arce,

Liv. 25, 11:

alicui conspectum abeuntis exercitus,

id. 1, 27:

incendio intersaepti ab hoste,

id. 42, 63.

ob-saepĭo ( ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.), v. a., to hedge or fence in, to enclose; hence, transf., to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible (class.; syn.: obstruo, oppilo).

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.—

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.

ob-saepĭo ( ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.), v. a., to hedge or fence in, to enclose; hence, transf., to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible (class.; syn.: obstruo, oppilo).

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.—

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.

saeptĭo, ōnis, f. [saepio].

Prop., a hedging or fencing in, enclosing (post-Aug.), Vitr. 5, 12, 5; 6, 11 (8), 5.—

Meton., an enclosing with a wall, etc.; with obj. gen.:

urbis,

the erection of a wall around it, Vop. Aur. 12.

suc-cingo ( subc-), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to gird below or from below, to tuck up, gird, gird about, girdle (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. subligo).

Lit.:

crure tenus medio tunicas,

Juv. 6, 455:

astricti succingant ilia ventres,

Grat. Cyn. 271; cf.:

Virginem et Leonem Anguis intortus succingit,

Vitr. 9, 5 (7), 1:

illa (Scylla) feris atram canibus succingitur alvum,

Ov. M. 13, 732; cf. Lucr. 5, 892; Tib. 3, 4, 89:

eāpse sic succincta,

tucked up, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 80:

amicus,

Mart. 2, 46, 7:

popa,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62:

cursor,

Mart. 12, 24, 7:

anus,

Ov. M. 8, 661:

Diana,

id. ib. 3, 156; cf.:

vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

id. ib. 10, 536; 9, 89.— Poet.:

succincta comas pinus,

with its bare trunk, Ov. M. 10, 103; 15, 603: quis illaec est, quae lugubri Succincta est stolā, girt about, Enn. ap. Non. 198, 2 (Trag. v. 134 Vahl.): succincti gladiis mediā regione cracentes, girt about, armed, id. ap. Fest. s. v. cracentes, p. 53 (Ann. v. 497 ib.):

gladio succinctus,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65:

succinctam pharetrā,

Verg. A. 1, 323:

pallā succincta cruenta,

id. ib. 6, 555; cf.

amictu,

id. ib. 12,401: succincti corda machaeris, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): pugione succinctus, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

cultro succinctus,

Liv. 7, 5, 3:

ferro,

id. 40, 9, 12; 40, 7, 7.—

Transf., to surround, furnish, provide, equip, fit out with any thing (syn.:

saepio, circumdo): quod multo se pluribus et majoribus canibus succinxerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146:

frustra se terrore succinxerit,

Plin. Pan. 49, 3:

his animum succinge bonis,

Petr. 5 fin.:

succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris,

Verg. E. 6, 75:

Scylla rapax canibus succincta Molossis,

id. Cul. 330:

virgineam canibus succincta figuram,

Tib. 3, 4, 89:

Carthago succincta portubus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

succinctus armis legionibusque,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

maximarum gentium viribus,

Just. 6, 1, 2:

totius ferme Orientis viribus,

id. 35, 1, 9:

horum scientiā debet esse succinctus,

Quint. 12, 5, 1:

patriā papyro,

Juv. 4, 24.—Hence, succinctus, a, um, P. a. (very rare and post-Aug.).

Prepared, ready for any thing:

proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam,

Quint. 2, 2, 12.—

Contracted, short, concise, succinct ( poet. and post-Aug.; cf.:

brevis, circumscriptus): libelli,

Mart. 2, 1, 3:

arbores succinctiores,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

succinctior brevitas,

Aug. Ep. 157 med.—Adv.: suc-cinctē, briefly, concisely, succinctly (late Lat.; cf.:

breviter, strictim): docere,

Amm. 28, 1, 2.— Comp.:

fari,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9:

dimicare,

Amm. 20, 11, 20.

suc-cingo ( subc-), nxi, nctum, 3, v. a., to gird below or from below, to tuck up, gird, gird about, girdle (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. subligo).

Lit.:

crure tenus medio tunicas,

Juv. 6, 455:

astricti succingant ilia ventres,

Grat. Cyn. 271; cf.:

Virginem et Leonem Anguis intortus succingit,

Vitr. 9, 5 (7), 1:

illa (Scylla) feris atram canibus succingitur alvum,

Ov. M. 13, 732; cf. Lucr. 5, 892; Tib. 3, 4, 89:

eāpse sic succincta,

tucked up, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 80:

amicus,

Mart. 2, 46, 7:

popa,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62:

cursor,

Mart. 12, 24, 7:

anus,

Ov. M. 8, 661:

Diana,

id. ib. 3, 156; cf.:

vestem ritu succincta Dianae,

id. ib. 10, 536; 9, 89.— Poet.:

succincta comas pinus,

with its bare trunk, Ov. M. 10, 103; 15, 603: quis illaec est, quae lugubri Succincta est stolā, girt about, Enn. ap. Non. 198, 2 (Trag. v. 134 Vahl.): succincti gladiis mediā regione cracentes, girt about, armed, id. ap. Fest. s. v. cracentes, p. 53 (Ann. v. 497 ib.):

gladio succinctus,

Auct. Her. 4, 52, 65:

succinctam pharetrā,

Verg. A. 1, 323:

pallā succincta cruenta,

id. ib. 6, 555; cf.

amictu,

id. ib. 12,401: succincti corda machaeris, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): pugione succinctus, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 16, 33:

cultro succinctus,

Liv. 7, 5, 3:

ferro,

id. 40, 9, 12; 40, 7, 7.—

Transf., to surround, furnish, provide, equip, fit out with any thing (syn.:

saepio, circumdo): quod multo se pluribus et majoribus canibus succinxerat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146:

frustra se terrore succinxerit,

Plin. Pan. 49, 3:

his animum succinge bonis,

Petr. 5 fin.:

succinctam latrantibus inguina monstris,

Verg. E. 6, 75:

Scylla rapax canibus succincta Molossis,

id. Cul. 330:

virgineam canibus succincta figuram,

Tib. 3, 4, 89:

Carthago succincta portubus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 32, 87:

succinctus armis legionibusque,

Liv. 21, 10, 4:

maximarum gentium viribus,

Just. 6, 1, 2:

totius ferme Orientis viribus,

id. 35, 1, 9:

horum scientiā debet esse succinctus,

Quint. 12, 5, 1:

patriā papyro,

Juv. 4, 24.—Hence, succinctus, a, um, P. a. (very rare and post-Aug.).

Prepared, ready for any thing:

proni atque succincti ad omnem clausulam,

Quint. 2, 2, 12.—

Contracted, short, concise, succinct ( poet. and post-Aug.; cf.:

brevis, circumscriptus): libelli,

Mart. 2, 1, 3:

arbores succinctiores,

Plin. 16, 10, 17, § 39:

succinctior brevitas,

Aug. Ep. 157 med.—Adv.: suc-cinctē, briefly, concisely, succinctly (late Lat.; cf.:

breviter, strictim): docere,

Amm. 28, 1, 2.— Comp.:

fari,

Sid. Ep. 1, 9:

dimicare,

Amm. 20, 11, 20.

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

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.—

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.