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vallum , i, n. collective of 1. vallus; the line of palisades about an intrenchment; hence,
I.an earthen wall or rampart set with palisades, a palisaded rampart, intrenchment, circumvallation.
I. Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 117 Müll.; Liv. 33, 5, 4 sq.: “castra vallo fossāque munire,” Caes. B. G. 2, 5: “aliquem vallo et fossā saeptum tenere,” Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3: “oppidum vallo et fossā cingere,” id. ib. 5, 20, 5: “oppidum vallo et fossā circumdare,” id. Fam. 15, 4, 10; Sall. J. 76, 2; Liv. 7, 23, 5; Verg. A. 9, 146; 9, 506; 9, 524; Hor. Epod. 9, 13 al.—
II. Transf., in gen., a wall, rampart, fortification; with gen.: “non Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum obicio et oppono,” Cic. Pis. 33, 81: “India vallo munitur eburno,” Lucr. 2, 538: “saepes pastorum munita vallo arboris,” Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 22: “(spica) contra avium minorum morsus munitur vallo aristarum,” Cic. Sen. 15, 51: “munitae sunt palpebrae tamquam vallo pilorum,” id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: “dentium,” App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 10, 9.—Absol.: “si interdicta petes vallo (i. e. stola) circumdata, etc.,” Hor. S. 1, 2, 96.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.4.10
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.12.3
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.5
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 33.81
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 23
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.146
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.96
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 76
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.538
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 5.4
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.57
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 15
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