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inter-saepĭo, saepsi, saeptum, 4, v. a.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

intersaeptum, i, n. [intersaepio],

  1. I. the midriff, diaphragm: intersaeptum, διάφραγμα, Gloss. Philox.
  2. II. In gen., a boundary: regnorum, Aus. Grat. Act. § 82.