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1 saeptum
I.Prop.A.In gen., a fence, en closure, wall, etc.; plur. absol.:B.nunc de saeptis, quae tutandi causā fundi, aut partis fiant, dicam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 1; cf.the context: quibus enim saeptis tam immanes beluas continebimus?
Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5:saxea saepta,
id. ib. 4, 701:saepta candentia,
Mart. Cap. 2, § 108:nisi saeptis revolsis,
Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 9.—With gen.:transit fulmen caeli per saepta domorum,
Lucr. 1, 490; cf. id. 6, 228; 6, 860.— Sing.:AEDICVLAM, ARAM, SAEPTVM, CLVSVM, VETVSTATE DIRVTA RESTITVIT,
Inscr. Orell. 1515.—Esp.: Saeptum lini, a hunter's net or toils, Nemes. Cyneg. 308.—II.Meton.A.In gen., any enclosed place, an enclosure:2.ut intra saepta (sc. villae) habeat aquam,
Varr. R. R. 1, 11, 2.—Esp.a.A fold for cattle:b.quamvis multa meis exiret victima saeptis,
Verg. E. 1, 34:saepta repetit pecus,
Col. 6, 23, 3.—A fish-pond or preserve:c.animadvertimus intra saepta pelagios greges inertis mugilis,
Col. 8, 17, 8.—Plur., a large enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote, and where were many handsome shops:d.cum ille in saepta irruisset,
Cic. Mil. 15, 41:est (sc. dies) quoque, quo populum jus est includere saeptis,
Ov. F. 1, 53; cf. Mart. 9, 60, 1. —Saeptum venationis, a park, warren, preserve, enclosed hunting-ground, Varr. R. R. 3, 12, 2; cf. the context.—B.Any thing used for enclosing, etc.; hence,1.A palisade, stake, pale:2.inermem tribunum adoriantur fragmentis saeptorum et fustibus,
Cic. Sest. 37, 79.—A sluice, flood-gate, Dig. 43, 21, 1, § 4.—3.Medic. t. t., the diaphragm, midriff:jecur... ab ipso saepto orsum,
Cels. 4, 1; cf. id. 5, 26, 15; 7, 4, 2;called also transversum saeptum,
id. 4, 1.