shut up Copy link Outline 1. claudo, 32. coerceo, 2 • shut up or in: 1. claudo, 3: to s. up one's house, domum c., Tac. H. 1, 33: to s. up school, ludum c., Suet. Comp.: (1.) conclūdo, si, sum, 3 (to s. up together or closely): I have my ill-tempered wife s. up here, conclusam hic habeo uxorem saevam, Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 17: he s. up ... the soul in the body, animum conclusit in corpore, Cic. Tim. 3, fin. (2.) inclūdo, si, sum, 3 (to s. up in): to s. up any one in prison, aliquem in carcerem i., Liv. 38, 59, fin.: Ov. Ib. 521: whilst we are s. up in these fastenings of the body, dum sumus inclusi in his compagibus corporis, Cic. de Sen. 21, 77. 2. coerceo, 2: v. to shut (fin.). Phr.: colloq., s. up (i. e. hold your tongue), tăcē v. silent, to be.