saeptum

== English == === Noun === saeptum (plural saepta) Obsolete spelling of septum. === Anagrams === Paestum, steam up == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsae̯p.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛp.tum] === Etymology 1 === From saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō (“to surround, to enclose”). ==== Alternative forms ==== sæptum, sēptum ==== Noun ==== saeptum n (genitive saeptī); second declension A fence, enclosure, wall. saeptum līnī ― a hunter's net or toils Any enclosed place, an enclosure. saeptum vēnātiōnis ― a park, warren, preserve, enclosed hunting-ground A fold for cattle. A fish-pond or preserve. (in the plural) An enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote. Anything used for enclosing: A palisade, stake, pale. A sluice, floodgate. (anatomy) The diaphragm, midriff. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Descendants ===== Asturian: setu, xetu Italian: setto Portuguese: seto, → septo Spanish: seto → Catalan: septe (learned) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== saeptum nominative neuter singular supine of saepiō ==== Participle ==== saeptum inflection of saeptus: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === References === “saeptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “saeptum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.