Verb
arceō (present infinitive arcēre, perfect active arcuī, supine arcitum); second conjugation
- (transitive) to keep off, keep away, ward off, reject, repel
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.481–482:
- Quae dea sit? Quārē famulās ā līmine templī
arceat (arcet enim) lībaque tosta petat?- Which goddess is she? Why does she keep away handmaids from the threshold of her temple (indeed she keeps [them] away), and asks for toasted cakes?
(See: Mater Matuta.)
early 16th century, Juan Luis Vives,
De Disciplinis Libri XII De tradendis disciplinis liber III:
- Ante omnia arcendus puer ab authore, qui vitium poteſt fovere ac nutrire, quo is laboret : ut libidinoſus ab Ovidio, ſcurrilis a Martiale, maledicus & ſubſanator a Luciano, pronus ad impietatem a Lucretio, & pleriſque philoſophorum, Epicureis potiſſimum. Glorioſulo non multum conferet Cicero, niſi oſtendas […]
- Above all, a boy should be kept off from an author that may foster and nourish his vice, as he does his work: and so the lecherous should be kept away from Ovid, the wisecracker from Martial, the slanderous from Lucian, the prone to impiety from Lucretius and most philosophers, especially Epicureans. Cicero does not bring much to the braggart, unless you [go out of your way to] show him […]
- (transitive) to prevent, hinder
- (transitive) to confine, keep close
- (transitive) to shut up, enclose
- (transitive) to defend, protect (from)
- (transitive) to keep away, take off, move away, alienate
Conjugation
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Synonyms
- (ward off): dīvertō, dēviō, prōpulsō, āvertō, dēclīnō, dēflectō, flectō, āspernor, dēmoveō
- (prevent): retineō, dētineō, prohibeō, impediō, sistō, resistō, exclūdō, supprimō, moror, refrēnō, cohibeō, cū̆nctor, obstō, saepiō, comprimō, intersaepiō, interclūdō, perimō, obstruō, obstō, officiō, reprimō, premō
- (shut up): inclūdō, claudō, obserō
- (confine): inclūdō, claudō, coerceō, minuō, urgeō
- (defend): salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, mūniō, ēripiō, tueor, servō
- (take off): āvertō, sēgregō, auferō, ēripiō, dīripiō, tollō
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “prevent”): līberō, eximō, absolvō, vindicō, exonerō, servō, excipiō, ēmittō
- (antonym(s) of “defend”): īnstō, aggredior, incurrō, impetō, invehō, immineō, obiectō
- (antonym(s) of “shut up”): adaperiō, aperiō
References
- arceo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “arceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.