saepio

Latin

Alternative forms

• sēpiō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.pi.oː/, [ˈs̠äe̯pioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.pi.o/, [ˈsɛːpio]

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of saepiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	saepiō	saepīs	saepit	saepīmus	saepītis	saepiunt
	imperfect	saepiēbam	saepiēbās	saepiēbat	saepiēbāmus	saepiēbātis	saepiēbant
	future	saepiam	saepiēs	saepiet	saepiēmus	saepiētis	saepient
	perfect	saepsī	saepsistī	saepsit	saepsimus	saepsistis	saepsērunt, saepsēre
	pluperfect	saepseram	saepserās	saepserat	saepserāmus	saepserātis	saepserant
	future perfect	saepserō	saepseris	saepserit	saepserimus	saepseritis	saepserint
passive	present	saepior	saepīris, saepīre	saepītur	saepīmur	saepīminī	saepiuntur
	imperfect	saepiēbar	saepiēbāris, saepiēbāre	saepiēbātur	saepiēbāmur	saepiēbāminī	saepiēbantur
	future	saepiar	saepiēris, saepiēre	saepiētur	saepiēmur	saepiēminī	saepientur
	perfect	saeptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	saeptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	saeptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	saepiam	saepiās	saepiat	saepiāmus	saepiātis	saepiant
	imperfect	saepīrem	saepīrēs	saepīret	saepīrēmus	saepīrētis	saepīrent
	perfect	saepserim	saepserīs	saepserit	saepserīmus	saepserītis	saepserint
	pluperfect	saepsissem	saepsissēs	saepsisset	saepsissēmus	saepsissētis	saepsissent
passive	present	saepiar	saepiāris, saepiāre	saepiātur	saepiāmur	saepiāminī	saepiantur
	imperfect	saepīrer	saepīrēris, saepīrēre	saepīrētur	saepīrēmur	saepīrēminī	saepīrentur
	perfect	saeptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	saeptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	saepī	—	—	saepīte	—
	future	—	saepītō	saepītō	—	saepītōte	saepiuntō
passive	present	—	saepīre	—	—	saepīminī	—
	future	—	saepītor	saepītor	—	—	saepiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		saepīre	saepsisse	saeptūrum esse	saepīrī	saeptum esse	saeptum īrī
participles		saepiēns	—	saeptūrus	—	saeptus	saepiendus, saepiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		saepiendī	saepiendō	saepiendum	saepiendō	saeptum	saeptū

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 Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 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