Latin
Alternative forms
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
saepiō (present infinitive saepīre, perfect active saepsī, supine saeptum); fourth conjugation
- I surround, enclose, fence in.
- Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumsistō, circumdō, claudō, obsideō, circumsaepiō
- I envelop, wrap.
- Synonym: implicō
- (figuratively) I impede, hinder.
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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