Valles, lis, f. g. vel hæc Vallis, hius vallis. V. A valley or dale.Angusta vallis.Liu.Arcta.Liu. Caua vallis. Virg. Concaua Ouid.Condensa vallis arboribus, Vide CONDENSVS.Curua.Virg. Gelida. Virg. Ima. Ouid.Madidæ valles cliuo sæ Idæ.Ouid. Obscuræ Virgil. Opaca vallis.Ouid. Profunda. Sta. Prona. Virg.Resoua. Lucan. That yeeldeth an eccho.Tonsa.Virg. Vmbrosa. Virg. Altas valles claudere insidijs. Tibul. Occulta valle conditus. Sil. Saxosas inter decurrunt flumina valles.Virg.Fluere totis vallibus. Quint. Reducta in valle seclusum nemus, Virg.Rauca vallis amne propinquo sonat.Stat.Alarum vallis. Catull. The hole vnder the arme.Vallécula valléculæ, f. g. pen co. Dimiout. Fest. A little valley.
Vallo, vallas, vallâre. Plin. To inclose: to make a trench about: to fortifie: to strengthen: to make a fence.Muri nulli vallarant oppida. Lucan. Vrbs vallata vertice montis. Sil. Munire & vallare contra feras. Plin. Vallare sepimento.Cic.To inclose, &c.Stipatus & vallarus.Cic.Beset and compassed. Monitis vallare aliquem. Sil. To arme one with good adertisementes.Munire & vallare ius.Cic.
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valles or vallis (the former, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; Verg. A. 11, 522; the latter, Ov. M. 3, 155; 8, 334 al.; cf. Fest. s. v. convallis, p. 42 Müll.), is, f. [Gr. e(/los, lowland, *)=hlis; Lat. Veliae, Velitrae], a valley, vale.I.Lit.: quod satis magna valles intercedebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: vicus positus in valle, id. ib. 3, 1: per supinam vallem fusi sunt, Liv. 4, 46, 5: supinā valle praecipites egistis, id. 7, 24, 5: continui montes, nisi dissocientur opacā Valle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 6: in reductā valle, id. C. 1, 17, 17; Verg. A. 6, 703: qui (colles) afferunt umbram vallibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11: valles cavae, Verg. G. 2, 391: saxosas inter decurrunt flumina valles, id. E. 5, 84: est curvo anfractu valles, id. A. 11, 522: rivos de pronā praeceps est valle volutus, Cat. 68, 59: domus est imis in vallibus, Ov. M. 2, 761: sub opacā valle, id. ib. 11, 277; cf.: (eloquentia) ut latissimi amnes totis vallibus fluat, Quint. 5, 14, 31.—B.Trop.: vallis plorationis, Aug. Conf. 9, 2: lacrimarum, Vulg. Psa. 83, 7.—II.Poet., transf., a hollow: valle sub alarum, Cat. 69, 6: femorum, Aus. Epigr. 128, 5.
vallo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [vallum], in milit. lang., to surround with a rampart and palisades, to palisade, intrench, circumvallate (syn. saepio). I.Lit.: castra vallantem Fabium adorti sunt, Liv. 9, 41, 15: castra vallari placuit, Tac. H. 2, 19; so, castra, Auct. B. Alex. 27, 6; 30, 2; Plin. 15, 18, 20, 76: vallare noctem, i. e.
to intrench themselves at night
, Tac. G. 30: nulli vallārant oppida muri, Luc. 4, 224.—Absol.: muniendo vallandoque militem firmabant, Tac. H. 4, 26.—II.Transf., in gen., to fortify, protect, defend with something: elephantis aciem utrimque vallaverat, Flor. 2, 8 fin.: Macedoniam suam armis ferroque, id. 2, 12, 4: Pontus et regiis opibus et ipsā naturā regionis vallatus, Cic. Arch. 9, 21: urbs Capsa in mediā Africā sita anguibus arenisque vallata, Flor. 3, 1, 14: cum gladio te vallare scieris, vallum ferre desinito, Liv. Epit. 57: vallatus bello, Luc. 6, 29: videbant Catilinam ... vallatum indicibus atque sicariis, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: haec omnia quasi saepimento aliquo vallabit disserendi ratione, id. Leg. 1, 24, 62: jus legatorum divino jure esse vallatum, id. Har. Resp. 16, 34: ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae, Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 29: templa praesenti numine vallata, Val. Max. 9, 11, ext. 4: hydra venenatis vallata colubris, Lucr. 5, 27; cf. Val. Fl. 1, 697; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1932; Sil. 7, 407: sol radiis frontem vallatus acutis, Ov. H. 4, 159: vallantur planctibus arae, Stat. Th. 10, 564.—To surround: abyssus vallavit me, Vulg. Jonae, 2, 6.