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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + *celō (“I hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti (verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (root). The same root is found in cēlō (“I hide”) and clam (“secretly, stealthily”).
Pronunciation
Verb
occulō (present infinitive occulere, perfect active occuluī, supine occultum); third conjugation
- to cover, hide, conceal
- Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, comprimō, prōtegō, cooperiō, obvolvō, premō, opprimō, mergō
- Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō
Conjugation
References
- “occulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.