saepio

Latin

Alternative forms

• sēpiō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ip- (“to cram, fence”). Cognate with saepis, saepēs.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈsai.pi.oː/

Verb

1. I surround, enclose, fence in.
2. I envelop, wrap.
3. (figuratively) I impede, hinder.

Derived terms

• circumsaepiō
• consaepiō
• dissaepiō
• īnsaepiō
• intersaepiō

• obsaepiō
• praesaepiō
• saepicula
• saepīmen
• saepīmentum

• saeptātus
• saeptiō
• saeptum, septum
• saeptuōsus

References

• “saepio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saepio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 878