saeptum
See also: sæptum
English
Noun
saeptum (plural saepta)
- Obsolete spelling of septum.
Anagrams
- Paestum, steam up
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsae̯p.tum/, [ˈs̠äe̯pt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsep.tum/, [ˈsɛpt̪um]
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).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | saeptum | saepta |
Genitive | saeptī | saeptōrum |
Dative | saeptō | saeptīs |
Accusative | saeptum | saepta |
Ablative | saeptō | saeptīs |
Vocative | saeptum | saepta |
Descendants
- Italian: setto
- Portuguese: seto, septo
- Spanish: seto
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