saepta

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

saepta (not sēp-), ōrum, n

P. n. of saepio, a fence, enclosure, wall : quibus saeptis beluas continebimus?: tribunum adoriuntur fragmentis saeptorum, stakes.—An enclosed place, enclosure, fold : Quamvis multa meis exiret victima saeptis, V.— An enclosure for voting, the polls, booths (in the Forum or the Campus Martius): in saepta ruere: populum includere saeptis, O.