shut (v.) Copy link Outline 1. claudo, si, sum, 32. ŏpĕrio, ui, ertum, 4 (opp. to aperio3. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to bring close together4. obdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (by barring or bolting)5. obtūro, 1 (to stop up, as with a stopple or a lid) • shut (v.): 1. claudo, si, sum, 3: to s. (in) the pupils, lest anything should get into the eye, ad claudendas pupulas, ne quid incideret, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: to s. the door of the bedchamber, forem cubiculi c., id. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: to s. the eyes (of a dying person), ocellos (oculos) c., Prop. 2. 13, 17: Lucan 5, 28. Fig.: to s. the ears (i. e. to instruction), aures c., Cic. Tusc. 4, 1, 2. Comp.: occlūdo, si, sum, 3 (to s. or close up): v. to shut up. 2. ŏpĕrio, ui, ertum, 4 (opp. to aperio: to s. by a covering, as a pot by putting the lid on): to s. the door, fores o., Pl. Men. 2, 3, 1: so, ostium o., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 33: to s. the eyes (i. e. before going to sleep, opp. to oculos patefacere): oculos o., Plin. 11, 37, 55. 3. comprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (to bring close together: only used of the hands and eyes): to s. the hands so as to make a fist, manus in pugnum c., Quint. 2, 20, 7: to s. the eyes (an act of the will), oculos c., id. 11, 3, 76. 4. obdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (by barring or bolting): to s. the door, forem o., Pl. Casin. 5, 2, 15: the doors having been s. behind, obditis a tergo foribus, Tac. A. 13, 5. 5. obtūro, 1 (to stop up, as with a stopple or a lid): Pl.: Vitr. Phr.: to s. one's eyes to anything, in aliqua re connivere, Cic. Phil. 1, 7, fin.: v. to wink.
SHUT Copy link • SHUTTransitively, claudere (general term, fores; oculcs, of a dying person closing them forever): occludere (shut against a person; e.g., ostium, januam, tabernam, aedes): obdere (by a bar or bolt; e.g., fores): operire (opposed to aperire, shut by a covering, or shut up by a door; e.g., oculos, fores, ostium, domum): obturare (block up; e.g., foramina): comprimere (press together, often an act of the will; e.g., the mouth, the eyes). To shut the eyes, pupulas claudere: ☞ oculos claudere (PROP., to shut the eyes forever; i. e., to die); oculos operire (to shut the eyes on going to sleep). To shut one’s eyes against anything (i. e., to avoid the necessity of noticing it), connivere in aliqua re (Cic.): to shut one’s ears to anything, aures claudere ad aliquid (e.g., ad doctissimas voces): to keep anything shut, aliquid clausum tenere; (with one’s hand) manum opponere ante aliquid (e.g., ante oculos, Ov.): to shut one’s hand; i. e., to double one’s fist, manum comprimere pugnumque facere: to shut one’s hand from or against the poor, pauperes or egentes non sublevare or sublevare nolle, etc. Shut in, includere (in aliqua re). To shut in with a wall, muro (muris) sepire; moenibus cingere: to shut in the enemy, hostem circumvenire: hostem locorum angustiis claudere (in defiles, etc.): to be shut in by anything, aliqua re cingi, circumdari, contineri: to shut a river in by banks, amnem coercere ripis. Shut up, shut up in, claudere; concludere; (in anything) concludere, includere in re. To shut one’s self up at home, se includere domi; anybody up in prison, aliquem in custodiam includere: the soul is shut up in the body, animus in corpore conclusus est; animus in compagibus corporis inclusus est: to shut up between two walls, parietibus continere or cohibere. Shut out, excludere (PROP. and figuratively); from the city, moenibus excludere aliquem; from an office, excludere aliquem honore magistrates: to be shut out from all honors, omnibus honoribus exemptum esse; from the inheritance of a brother’s property, ab hereditate fraterna excludi.