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saeptum

Pronunciation: [ˈsae̯p.tũː]

“saeptum” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A fence, enclosure, wall.
  2. Any enclosed place, an enclosure.
  3. A fold for cattle.
  4. A fish-pond or preserve.
  5. An enclosed place in the Campus Martius, where the people assembled to vote.
  6. A palisade, stake, pale.
  7. A sluice, floodgate.
  8. The diaphragm, midriff.

Etymology

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

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