claudo

claudo (ō) (clūdo) sī, sus, ere

CLAV-, to shut, close, shut up : forem cubiculi: portas, Cs.: rivos, to dam up , V.: clausae fores, Tb.: ostia, Ct.: ocellos, Pr.: clausae hieme Alpes, L.: pupulas: lumina, V.—Fig., to shut, close : domus clausa pudori: aurīs ad voces: fugam hostibus, to cut off , L.: clausa consilia habere, i. e. to conceal : deum clausum pectore habere, O.: animam laqueo, i. e. to end one's life , O.— To close, end, conclude : lustrum, H.: opus, O.: epistulam, O.: agmen, to bring up the rear , Cs.— To shut in, enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine : quae (urbs) loci naturā clauderetur: stabulis armenta, V.: claudens textis cratibus pecus, H.: rivus clausus ripis, L.: nemus claudit Silva, O.: (apes) in arbore inani, O.— To encompass, invest, besiege, blockade : portūs custodiā clausos teneri, Cs.: urbem obsidione, N.: multitudine, N.— To shut in, hem in : hinc Tusco claudimur amni, are hemmed in , V.: nemorum saltūs, V.: tibi clauduntur rete capreae, O.— To close, limit, restrict : Nolo tibi ullum commodum in me claudier, i. e. that you be deprived of , T.: nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut, etc.: numeris sententias, to express in poetical form : pedibus verba, i. e. to compose verses , H.