I.to shut off from or out of, debar, τινὰ πυλέων Hdt.; δωμάτων Aesch.; ἀπ. τινά to shut him out, Ar.:—Mid., ἀπ. τινα τῆς διαβάσεως to get him debarred from passing, Thuc.
II.to shut up a gate and the like, to bar, close, Hdt.:—Pass. to be closed, id=Ar.
III.to shut up one in prison, Soph., Ar., etc.