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LNS

obsaepiō, obsaepīre, obsaepsī, obsaeptus

obsēpiō, obsēpīre, obsēpsī, obsēptus

ob, saepio, sepio

verb (4^th conjugation)

to hedge or fence in, to enclose
to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible
to close or bar up

Abbreviations

ob-saepio (ob-sēpio), 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.