occlūdo, si, sum, 3 (sync. form occlusti for occlusisti, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151.—Collat. form occlaudo, Cod. Th. 11, 24, 1), v. a. [obclaudo], to shut or close up.
I Lit. (class.): FORES OCLVDITO, Lex Puteol. ap. Haubold, p. 72: occlude ostium: et ego hinc occludam, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 78: januam, id. ib. 2, 2, 14: aedes, id. Am. 4, 1, 10; Ter. Eun. 784: tabernas, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 47, 144; id. Cat. 4, 8, 17: furax servus, cui domi nihil sit nec obsignatum nec occlusum, id. de Or. 2, 61, 248: ego occlusero fontem, Att. ap. Non. 139, 8: me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108.—
II Transf., to restrain , stop : linguam, i. e. to prevent from speaking (ante-class.): occlusti linguam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 151; id. Mil. 3, 1, 10: aures, to close , shut , Ap. Met. 9, 19, 2 Oud.: os, Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 55: libidinem, to restrain , Ter. And. 557.
III —Hence, occlūsus ( obcl- ), a, um, P. a., shut or closed up.—Comp. : qui occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam, they would keep their foolish talk more to themselves , Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185.— Sup. : ostium occlusissimum, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 15 (dub.; Fleck. oculissumum).