inter-saepĭo

saepsi, saeptum, 4, v. a.
I. To fence about, hedge in, stop up, enclose, secure: foramina intersaepta, Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47: quaedam operibus, Liv. 34, 40: muro intersaepta urbs, id. 31, 46: legionem densis arbustis, Tac. A. 3, 21.—
II. To shut off, deprive of, take away, cut off: iter, Cic. Balb. 18, 43; so, itinera, Liv. 6, 9; Amm. 14, 2, 4: vallo urbem ab arce, Liv. 25, 11: alicui conspectum abeuntis exercitus, id. 1, 27: incendio intersaepti ab hoste, id. 42, 63.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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