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|lshtext=<b>stīpo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[στέφω]]>, to [[surround]], [[crowd]] [[upon]], [[στέμμα]], [[στέφανος]]>; cf.: [[stipator]], [[stipulor]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[crowd]] or [[press]] [[together]], to [[compress]] ([[class]].; esp. of [[personal]] objects, and in [[part]]. perf.; cf.: [[comprimo]], [[compono]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: qui acceperant majorem numerum (assium), non in arcā ponebant, sed in aliquā cellā stipabant, id est componebant, quo [[minus]] loci occuparet, Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.: [[ingens]] [[argentum]], Verg. A. 3, 465: apes [[mella]] Stipant, id. G. 4, 164; id. A. 1, 433: [[materies]] stipata, Lucr. 1, 345: nec [[tamen]] [[undique]] corporea stipata tenentur omnia naturā, id. 1, 329; cf. id. 2, 294; 1, 611; 1, 664: [[Graeci]] stipati, [[quini]] in lectulis, [[saepe]] [[plures]], Cic. Pis. 27, 67: [[velut]] stipata [[phalanx]], Liv. 33, 18: ita in [[arto]] stipatae erant naves, ut, etc., id. 26, 39: fratrum stipata [[cohors]], Verg. A. 10, 328.— Poet.: stipare Platona Menandro, i. e. to [[pack]] up [[together]] the works of [[Plato]], [[Menander]], etc., Hor. S. 2, 3, 11: custodum gregibus [[circa]] seu stipat euntem, [[closely]] surrounds her [[with]], Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 13; cf. [[mid]].: cuncta praecipiti stipantur saecula cursu, [[throng]], [[crowd]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 311.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[press]], [[cram]], [[stuff]], or [[fill]] [[full]] of [[any]] [[thing]]: ut pontes calonibus et impedimentis stipatos reperit, Suet. Calig. 51: hos (poëtas) ediscit et hos [[arcto]] stipata theatro Spectat [[Roma]], Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 60; cf.: [[curia]] cum patribus fuerit stipata, Ov. P. 3, 1, 143: [[multo]] Patrum stipatur [[curia]] coetu, Sil. 11, 503: [[recessus]] equi, Petr. 89: [[tribunal]], Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 4: calathos prunis, Col. 10, 405: nucein sulfure, Flor. 3, 19: calceum, Tert. Virg. Vel. 12: [[tectum]] omne, App. M. 3, p. 130, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With a [[personal]] [[object]], of a [[dense]] [[crowd]], to [[surround]], [[encompass]], environ, [[attend]], [[accompany]], etc. (syn.: [[comitor]], [[prosequor]]): [[Catilina]] [[stipatus]] choro juventutis, vallatus indicibus [[atque]] sicariis, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: qui [[stipatus]] [[semper]] sicariis, saeptus armatis, [[munitus]] indicibus fuit, id. Sest. 44, 95: stipati gregibus amicorum, id. Att. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1: [[telis]] stipati, id. Phil. 5, 6, 17: qui senatum stiparit armatis, id. ib. 3, 12, 31: [[stipatus]] lictoribus, id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86: [[senectus]] stipata studiis juventutis, id. Sen. 9, 28: comitum [[turba]] est stipata suarum, Ov. M. 3, 186: juventus stipat ducem, Val. Fl. 7, 557; Plin. [[Pan]]. 23; [[Capitol]]. Max. et Balb. 13.—Absol.: magnă stipante catervă, Verg. A. 4, 136; Liv. 42, 39: huc [[coetus]] ministrūm stipantur, Stat. S. 3, 1, 87. —Hence, * stīpātus, a, um, P. a., begirt, surrounded: ab omni ordine, sexu, aetate stipatissimus, Sid. Ep. 3, 2.
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