(v. a.P. a.) : occlūdo, si, sum, 3 (
* Sync. form occlusti for occlusisti, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151.—Collat. form occlaudo, Cod. Th. 11, 24, 1), v. a. obclaudo, to shut or close up.
* Lit. (class.): FORES OCLVDITO, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, p. 72: occlude ostium: et ego hinc occludam,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 78: januam,id. ib. 2, 2, 14: aedes,id. Am. 4, 1, 10; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 14: tabernas,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: furax servus, cui domi nihil sit nec obsignatum nec occlusum,id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: ego occlusero fontem, Att. ap. Non. 139, 8: me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108.
* Transf., to restrain, stop: linguam, i. e. to prevent from speaking (ante-class.): occlusti linguam,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151; id. Mil. 3, 1, 10: aures,to close, shut,App. M. 9, p. 628 Oud.: os,Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55: libidinem,to restrain,Ter. And. 3, 3, 25.—Hence, occlūsus (obcl-), a, um, P. a., shut or closed up.—Comp.: qui occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam,they would keep their foolish talk more to themselves,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.—Sup.: ostium occlusissimum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 15 (dub.; Fleck. oculissumum).

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