saepsit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →saepio, saepire, saepsi, saeptus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround/envelop/enfold/encircle; clothe/cover/protect; close/seal off; shut in;; hedge/fence in, surround (w/hedge/wall/fence/barrier/troops); enclose; confine;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...diffusilis aether corpore concreto circum datus undique saepsit et late diffusus in omnis undique partis omnia sic avido..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...limine portus funere felici spolior.' nec plura locutus saepsit se tectis rerumque reliquit habenas. Mos erat Hesperio..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...moenia tendit: at Venus obscuro gradientes aere saepsit, et multo nebulae circum dea fudit amictu, cernere ne quis..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...propinqua vespera tribunus venit et villam globis militum saepsit; tum ipsi cum Pompeia Paulina uxore et amicis duobus..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...iter, quo damnati ad poenam ducebantur, militaribus praesidiis saepsit. censuerat Cingonius Varro, ut liberti quoque, qui sub eodem..."