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occlūdo , si, sum, 3 (
I.sync. form occlusti for occlusisti, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151.—Collat. form occlaudo , Cod. Th. 11, 24, 1), v. a. obclaudo, to shut or close up.
I. Lit. (class.): “FORES OCLVDITO, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, p. 72: occlude ostium: et ego hinc occludam,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 78: “januam,id. ib. 2, 2, 14: “aedes,id. Am. 4, 1, 10; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 14: “tabernas,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: “furax servus, cui domi nihil sit nec obsignatum nec occlusum,id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: ego occlusero fontem, Att. ap. Non. 139, 8: “me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108.—
II. Transf., to restrain, stop: linguam, i. e. to prevent from speaking (ante-class.): “occlusti linguam,Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151; id. Mil. 3, 1, 10: “aures,to close, shut, App. M. 9, p. 628 Oud.: “os,Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55: “libidinem,to restrain, Ter. And. 3, 3, 25.—Hence, occlūsus (obcl- ), a, um, P. a., shut or closed up.—Comp.: “qui occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam,they would keep their foolish talk more to themselves, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.—Sup.: “ostium occlusissimum,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 15 (dub.; Fleck. oculissumum).
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