obsaepio

ob-saepĭo (ob-sēpĭo), psi, ptum, 4 (old form obsipio, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.), v. a., to hedge or fence in, to enclose; hence, transf., to close up, to render impassable or inaccessible (class.; syn.: obstruo, oppilo).

• I Lit.: NEQVE QVIS IN EO LOCO QVID OPPONIT, MOLIT, OBSEPIT, FIGIT, etc., S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129: ubi illum saltum video obsaeptum, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 35 (909); cf.: obsaeptis itineribus, Liv. 25, 29; v. Drak. ad Liv. 39, 1, 5: mox iter, apertis, quae vetustas obsaepserat, pergit, had rendered impassable, Tac. A. 15, 27: obsaepta viarum, impassable roads, Sil. 12, 110.—
• II Trop., to close or bar up: haec omnia tibi accusandi viam muniebant, adipiscendi obsaepiebant, Cic. Mur. 23, 48; cf. id. Scaur. § 40: plebi iter ad curules magistratus obsaepsit, Liv. 9, 34; 4, 25: obsaepta diutinā servitute ora reseramus, Plin. Pan. 66.

ob-saepio (obsēpio), saepsī, saeptum, īre, unzugänglich machen, versperren, absperren, I) eig.: hostium agmina obsaepiunt iter, Liv.: mox iter, apertis quae vetustas obsaepserat, pergit, Tac.: ubi illum saltum video obsaeptum, Plaut.: occursu militum obsaeptum sensit porticum, Liv. Vgl. Drak. Liv. 39, 1, 5. – II) bildl., plebi ad curules magistratus iter obsaepsit, Liv.: adipiscendi viam obsaepiebant, Cic.: coniuratio obsaepiatur insidiis, Cic. fr.: quem regio apparatu ornarunt et quasi sui milites obsaepserunt, Capit.: obsaepta diutinā servitute ora reseramus frenatamque tot malis linguam resolvimus, den durch l. Skl. verschlossenen Mund, Plin. pan.

obsæpĭō (13) (obsēp-), psī, ptum, īre, tr., fermer devant ; barrer, fermer, obstruer : Pl. Cas. 922 ; [fig.] alicui viam Cic. Mur. 48, barrer la route à qqn ; alicui iter ad magistratus Liv. 9, 34, 5, fermer à qqn lʼaccès des magistratures, cf. Liv. 4, 25, 12 ; obsæpta servitute ora Plin. Min. Pan. 66, bouches fermées par la servitude.

➳ arch. obsipio Cæcil. d. Diom. 383, 10.

ob-saepiō

• (-sēpiō), psī, ptus, ere, to hedge in, fence in, close, render impassable: itinera, L.— Fig., to close, bar up: viam adipiscendi: ut obsaeptum plebi sit ad honorem iter, L.