imposita sepis

English translation: sepis, gén. de sepes or of seps

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Latin term or phrase:	imposita sepis
English translation:	sepis, gén. de sepes or of seps
Entered by:	Joseph Brazauskas

00:31 Oct 5, 2006

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Religion / Biblical Exegesis

Latin term or phrase: imposita sepis

It's from St. Jerome's Preface to his translation of the Acts of the Apostles. The context is, "Cervices premit imposita sepis oneris magnitudo."

There are a large number of orthographical errors in the text before me and I am not certain that 'sepis' in particular is correct. A search for some such form as 'sepa', 'saepa', vel sim. through the lexica yields nothing. I rule it out as a 2nd sing. verb form because the greater context employs 2nd plural indicative forms, so I suppose it to be a noun, dative or ablative, to be taken with 'imposita'. But could someone enlighten me as to what it might mean, or if it is even a real form rather than just another orthographical error?

Many thanks in advance if anyone can help me with this.

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sepis, gén. de sepes or of seps

Explanation:
sepes : (saepes), is, f. : (hedge) haie, clôture, enceinte, barrière.

seps, sepis, m. f. (acc. sepa) : seps (a venomous snake or an insect).
http://perso.orange.fr/prima.elementa/Dico-s03.html

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In summitate vero ejusdem sepis tam
grandi strue spinarum videbatur communita ut nusquam mihi transitus
pateret ad praedictum juvenem revertendi.
On its top the hedge seemed to bristle with such a
great mass of thorns that I would never be able to cross it to join the young man.

Found here: (THEOLOGY AS CONVERSATION:
GERTRUD OF HELFTA AND HER SISTERS AS READERS OF AUGUSTINE)

etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/ etd-07032004-135854/unrestricted/GrimesLM072004.pdf

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too late (and no time to go any further
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