saeptum

See also: sæptum

English

Noun

saeptum (plural saepta)

1. Obsolete spelling of septum.

Anagrams

• Paestum, steam up

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯p.tum/, [ˈs̠äe̯pt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

1. A fence, enclosure, wall.

   saeptum līnī ― a hunter's net or toils

2. Any enclosed place, an enclosure.

   saeptum vēnātiōnis ― a park, warren, preserve, enclosed hunting-ground

   1. A fold for cattle.
   2. A fish-pond or preserve.
   3. (in the plural) An enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote.
3. Anything used for enclosing:
   1. A palisade, stake, pale.
   2. A sluice, floodgate.
   3. (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

• → Catalan: septe (learned)
• Italian: setto
• Portuguese: seto, septo
• Spanish: seto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

saeptum

1. nominative neuter singular supine of saepiō

Participle

saeptum

1. inflection of saeptus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. 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.