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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=obsaepio obsaepire, obsaepsi, obsaeptus V :: enclose, seal up; block, obstruct
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ob-saepĭo</b>: (ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.),<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[hedge]] or [[fence]] in, to [[enclose]]; [[hence]], transf., to [[close]] up, to [[render]] [[impassable]] or [[inaccessible]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[obstruo]], [[oppilo]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>obsæpĭō</b>¹³ <b>(obsēp-)</b>, psī, ptum, īre, tr., fermer devant ; barrer, fermer, obstruer : Pl. Cas. 922 ; [fig.] alicui viam Cic. Mur. 48, barrer la route à qqn ; alicui [[iter]] ad [[magistratus]] Liv. 9, 34, 5, fermer à qqn l’accès des magistratures, cf. Liv. 4, 25, 12 ; obsæpta servitute [[ora]] Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 66, bouches fermées par la servitude. arch. obsipio Cæcil. d. Diom. 383, 10.
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{{Georges
|georg=ob-[[saepio]] (obsēpio), saepsī, [[saeptum]], īre, [[unzugänglich]] [[machen]], [[versperren]], [[absperren]], I) eig.: hostium agmina obsaepiunt [[iter]], Liv.: [[mox]] [[iter]], apertis [[quae]] [[vetustas]] obsaepserat, pergit, Tac.: [[ubi]] illum saltum [[video]] obsaeptum, Plaut.: occursu militum obsaeptum sensit porticum, Liv. Vgl. Drak. Liv. 39, 1, 5. – II) bildl., plebi ad curules [[magistratus]] [[iter]] obsaepsit, Liv.: adipiscendi viam obsaepiebant, Cic.: [[coniuratio]] obsaepiatur insidiis, Cic. fr.: quem [[regio]] apparatu ornarunt et [[quasi]] [[sui]] milites obsaepserunt, Capit.: obsaepta diutinā servitute [[ora]] reseramus frenatamque [[tot]] [[malis]] linguam resolvimus, den [[durch]] l. Skl. verschlossenen [[Mund]], Plin. pan.
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