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circum-saepĭo (-sēp- ), sepsi, septum, īre, v. a.,
I.to hedge or fence round with something, to surround, enclose (not anteAug.): “circumsepta loca parietibus,Col. 1, 6, 4; Dig. 41, 2, 3, § 14: stagnum aedificiis, * Suet. Ner. 31: “solium circumsaeptum lapide Thrasio,on a platform of Thrasian marble, id. ib. 50: “(Tarquinius) armatis corpus circumsepsit,Liv. 1, 49, 2.—Of a hostile surrounding: “custodiis,Lact. 1, 14, 10: “in quādam turre,Front. 1, 6, 5.—Trop.: “īsdem ignibus circumsaepti,Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 45.
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    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 21.45
    • Suetonius, Nero, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 49.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 1.6.4
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