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dis-saepĭo (less correctly dis-sēpio ), psi, ptum, 4, v. a.,
I.to part off by a boundary, to separate, divide (very rare).
I. Lit.: “aër dissaepit colles, atque aëra montes,Lucr. 1, 998; cf. “parietibus,Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll.: “vix ea limitibus dissaepserat omnia certis,Ov. M. 1, 69; cf.: “bene dissaepti foedera mundi,Sen. Med. 335.—
B. Transf., to tear apart, tear to pieces: “dissaepto aggere utitur, et truncas rupes in templa Praecipitat,Stat. Th. 10, 880.—
II. Trop.: tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id quod excipiunt, *Cic. Rep. 4, 4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.69
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.998
    • Seneca, Medea, 335
    • Cicero, De Republica, 4.4
    • Statius, Thebias, 10
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