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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• fence (subs.):
      1. 1. sēpīmentum (saep.: gen. term): a natural f., naturale s. (sepes viva), Varr. R. R. 1, 14: a military f., militare s., Varr. l. c.: Caes.
      2. 2. sēpes (saep.), is, f. (of bush, wood, etc.): v. hedge.
      3. 3. septum (saep.: more usu. the enclosure itself): f.s made for protection, s. quae tutandi causa fiunt, Varr. l. c.: v. enclosure.
      4. 4. mācĕria (of stone): v. wall.
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• fence (v.):
    1. I. To enclose:
      1. 1. sēpio (saep.), psi, ptum, 4: to f. (put a hedge to) a corn-field, segetem s., Col. Fig.: nature has f d the eyes with very delicate membranes, natura oculos tenuissimis membranis sepsit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142.
      2. 2. consēpio, 4 (rare): Lucr.
      3. 3. expr. by sēpes, sēpīmentum, etc., and a verb: to f. a corn-field, segeti praetendere sepem, Virg. G. 1, 270; a cottage, casam sepis munimento cingere, Plin. 17, 14, 24: v. preced. art.
    2. II. To exercise with a sword or foil: bătuo, i, 3: to f. with wooden swords, with fighting weapons, rudibus, pugnatoriis armis b., Suet. Cal. 32, 54. Fig.: to evade a question, tergĭversor, 1: v. to shuffle.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• FENCE
  • s. sepes: sepimentum (general term): indago (a temporary fence round part of a forest): septum (the enclosure, but also the fence that encloses; in this sense usually, in Cic., always, plur.: conseptum seems to mean the enclosure only): murus (wall): cohors or chors (for cattle; both stationary and moveable fences, as well as the place enclosed by them): maceria (a wall made of clay or loam round a vineyard): tutela (general term for a protection or defence; used by Varr., of hedges, de septis... dicam. Earum tutelarum, etc.): munimentum (that by which one defends one’s self or a place). A natural fence, naturale sepimentum vivae sepis, or viva sepes only (of a hedge). To make fences, facere septa: to pull down fences, septa revellere (Cic.): by what fences shall we keep in such wild beasts as these? quibus septis tam immanes beluas continebimus? to make a fence round anything, sepire or consepire aliquid; round a forest, silvam indagine cingere, munire: to make a fence all round, circumsepire; septo circumdare; cingere munimento sepis: a place surrounded by a fence, or fences, septum, conseptum, etc.
  • Fencing, Vid: FENCE, TRANS.
  • To enclose with a fence, sepire: consepire aliquid (Vid: in last article). To fence a space in with strong stakes, locum robustis stipitibus sepire (Inscr. Orell.).
  • To guard, to fortify, Vid: FENCE, INTRANS.
  • To use the sword, etc., armis uti.
  • If for practice, batuere: to have learned to fence or fencing, *armis uti didicisse: to fence well, armis optime uti.