(verb) : saepĭo (sēp-), psi, ptum, īre (
* Pluperf. subj. saepissent, Liv. 44, 39, 3 dub.; v. Drak. ad loc.), 4, saepes.
* Prop., to surround with a hedge, to hedge in, fence in, enclose (class.; cf. vallo).
* With abl.: VTI LOCVS ANTE EAM ARAM ... STIPITIBVS ROBVSTIS SAEPIATVR, Cenot. Pisan. ap. Inscr Orell. 642; cf.: saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis indagavi sepulcrum,Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64; cf. id. Rep. 1, 26, 41.
* Transf.
* With abl. of time: pontifices negant segetem feriis saepiri debere, Col 2, 21, 2.
* Trop.
* With abl.: urbem moenibus,Cic. Sest. 42, 91: oppidum operibus, unitionibus,id. Phil. 13, 9, 20: castris,id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 5, 5, 2; 44, 39, 3: castra tectis parietum pro muro,id. 25, 25, 8: oculos membranis tenuissimis,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142 sq.: saltum plagis,Lucr. 5, 1251: feram venantum coronā,Verg. A. 9, 551: restituat legiones in locum, quo saeptae fuerunt,Liv. 9, 11, 3: Agrippam custodiā militum,Suet. Aug. 65 fin.: saepsit se tectis,i. e. shut himself up in his palace,Verg. A. 7, 600.
* To cover, envelop, wrap, wrap up; with abl.: aliquem veste,Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 40: saeptus squalidā stolā (with vestitus), Enn. ap. Non. 537, 27 sq.: omnia sic avido complexu cetera saepsit (sc. aether),Lucr. 5, 470: at Venus obscuro gradientes aëre saepsit,Verg. A. 1, 411.
* Pass. with ab: Albana pubes inermis ab armatis saepta,Liv. 1, 28, 8.
* To hedge up, check, impede, hinder, stop, etc.: perii, lacrimae linguam saepiunt, Afran. ap. Non. 41, 5.
* To surround, enclose, encompass, etc.: (inventa) vestire atque ornare oratione: post memoriā saepire, to enclose them in one's memory, i. e. to get them by heart, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142; cf.: is se circumvestit dictis, saepit sedulo, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 158; and: domi teneamus eam (orbam eloquentiam) saeptam liberali custodiā,Cic. Brut. 96, 330; v. Jahn ad h. l.: locum omnem cogitatione (the figure taken from surrounding with toils in hunting; cf. II. A.),Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 147: saeptus legibus et judiciorum metu,surrounded, sheltered, guarded,id. Phil. 12, 10, 25; cf.: quibus praesidiis philosophiae saeptus sim,id. Fam. 16, 23; so, saeptus praesidiis,id. Rep. 1, 44, 68; id. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Mil. 1, 2; cf. also: postquam omnia pudore saepta animadverterat,Liv. 3, 44; and with this cf.: (mulieres) saeptae pudicitiā agunt,Tac. G. 19: (lex) se saepit difficultate abrogationis,Cic. Att. 3, 23, 2: ut quibusdam excubiis in ore positis saepiatur,Gell. 1, 15, 3.