English

Noun

saeptum ‎(plural saeptums or saepta)

1. Alternative form of septum

Latin

Etymology

From saeptus, perfect passive participle of saepiō ‎(“surround, enclose”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯p.tum/, [ˈsae̯p.tũ]

Noun

saeptum n ‎(genitive saeptī); second declension

1. an enclosed place; enclosure, fold
2. a fence, wall; palisade, pale
3. (in the plural) an enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote
4. sluice, floodgate

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Portuguese: seto, septo

Alternative forms

• sēptum

Participle

saeptum

1. nominative neuter singular of saeptus
2. accusative masculine singular of saeptus
3. accusative neuter singular of saeptus
4. vocative neuter singular of saeptus

Verb

saeptum

1. supine of saepiō

References

• saeptum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “saeptum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.