saeptum

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English

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Noun

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saeptum (plural saepta)

  1. Obsolete spelling of septum..

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (to surround, to enclose).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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saeptum n (genitive saeptī); second declension

  1. A fence, enclosure, wall.
    saeptum līnīa hunter's net or toils
  2. Any enclosed place, an enclosure.
    saeptum vēnātiōnisa park, warren, preserve, enclosed hunting-ground
    1. A fold for cattle.
    2. A fish-pond or preserve.
    3. (in the plural) An enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote.
  3. Anything used for enclosing:
    1. A palisade, stake, pale.
    2. A sluice, floodgate.
    3. (anatomy) The diaphragm, midriff.
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saeptum saepta
Genitive saeptī saeptōrum
Dative saeptō saeptīs
Accusative saeptum saepta
Ablative saeptō saeptīs
Vocative saeptum saepta
Descendants
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  • Catalan: septe (learned)
  • Italian: setto
  • Portuguese: seto, septo
  • Spanish: seto

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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saeptum

  1. nominative neuter singular supine of saepiō

Participle

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saeptum

  1. inflection of saeptus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

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  • saeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • saeptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.