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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of saepiō (“surround, enclose”).
Participle
saeptus (feminine saepta, neuter saeptum); first/second-declension participle
- surrounded, enclosed, having been fenced in.
- enveloped, cloaked, wrapped, having been enveloped ...
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.439–440:
- Īnfert sē, saeptus nebulā – mīrābile dictū –
per mediōs, miscetque virīs, neque cernitur ūllī.- He proceeds, cloaked by mist – marvelous to speak of! – through midst, and mingling with the people, yet seen by no one.
- (figuratively) impeded, hindered, having been impeded.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms