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inter-saepĭo , saepsi, saeptum, 4, v. a.
I. To fence about, hedge in, stop up, enclose, secure: “foramina intersaepta,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47: “quaedam operibus,” Liv. 34, 40: “muro intersaepta urbs,” id. 31, 46: “legionem densis arbustis,” Tac. A. 3, 21.—
II. To shut off, deprive of, take away, cut off: “iter,” Cic. Balb. 18, 43; so, “itinera,” Liv. 6, 9; Amm. 14, 2, 4: “vallo urbem ab arce,” Liv. 25, 11: “alicui conspectum abeuntis exercitus,” id. 1, 27: “incendio intersaepti ab hoste,” id. 42, 63.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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