vallo
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vallo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. vallum, in milit. lang.,
I to surround with a rampart and palisades, to palisade, intrench, circumvallate (syn. saepio).
I Lit.: castra vallantem Fabium adorti sunt, Liv. 9, 41, 15: castra vallari placuit, Tac. H. 2, 19; so, castra, Auct. B. Alex. 27, 6; 30, 2; Plin. 15, 18, 20, § 76: vallare noctem, i. e. to intrench themselves at night, Tac. G. 30: nulli vallārant oppida muri, Luc. 4, 224.—Absol.: muniendo vallandoque militem firmabant, Tac. H. 4, 26.—
II Transf., in gen., to fortify, protect, defend with something: elephantis aciem utrimque vallaverat, Flor. 2, 8 fin.: Macedoniam suam armis ferroque, id. 2, 12, 4: Pontus et regiis opibus et ipsā naturā regionis vallatus, Cic. Arch. 9, 21: urbs Capsa in mediā Africā sita anguibus arenisque vallata, Flor. 3, 1, 14: cum gladio te vallare scieris, vallum ferre desinito, Liv. Epit. 57: vallatus bello, Luc. 6, 29: videbant Catilinam ... vallatum indicibus atque sicariis, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: haec omnia quasi saepimento aliquo vallabit disserendi ratione, id. Leg. 1, 24, 62: jus legatorum divino jure esse vallatum, id. Har. Resp. 16, 34: ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae, Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 29: templa praesenti numine vallata, Val. Max. 9, 11, ext. 4: hydra venenatis vallata colubris, Lucr. 5, 27; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 697; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932; Sil. 7, 407: sol radiis frontem vallatus acutis, Ov. H. 4, 159: vallantur planctibus arae, Stat. Th. 10, 564.—To surround: abyssus vallavit me, Vulg. Jonae, 2, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vallō,¹² āvī, ātum, āre (vallus ou vallum), tr.,
1 entourer de palissade, de retranchements, fortifier, retrancher : castra Liv. 9, 41, 15, fortifier un camp ; abst] vallare noctem Tac. G. 30, se fortifier pendant la nuit, cf. Tac. H. 4, 26
2 [fig.] fortifier, défendre, protéger, armer : Catilina vallatus sicariis Cic. Mur. 59, Catilina entouré de spadassins ; jus legatorum divino jure vallatum Cic. Har. 34, les droits des ambassadeurs garantis par les lois divines.
