occaeco

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ob- +‎ caecō (make blind).

Pronunciation

Verb

occaecō (present infinitive occaecāre, perfect active occaecāvī, supine occaecātum); first conjugation

  1. to make blind, deprive of sight
  2. (figuratively) to darken, obscure
  3. (figuratively) to hide, conceal, cover
  4. (of speech) to render unintelligible
  5. to render senseless; to deprive of feeling, to paralyse

Conjugation

References

  • occaeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • occaeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • occaeco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    • to be blinded by passions: cupiditatibus occaecari (Fin. 1. 10. 33)
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