dē-pālo

āvi, ātum, 1
I. v. a., to mark off or bound with palings (late Lat.).
I. Prop.: jugera agri..ita uti depalatum est, Inscr. Orell. 3688.—
II. Transf., to found, establish: quodammodo mundum, Tert. adv. Herm. 29: civitatem, id. Apol. 10; cf. depalator.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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