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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /okˈkul.to/
- Rhymes: -ulto
- Hyphenation: oc‧cùl‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin occultus, past participle form of occulō (“to hide, conceal”).
Adjective
occulto (feminine occulta, masculine plural occulti, feminine plural occulte)
- hidden, concealed
- secret
- occult
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
occulto
- first-person singular present indicative of occultare
Latin
Etymology
From occulō (“hide, cover”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
occultō (not comparable)
- Alternative form of occultē
Verb
occultō (present infinitive occultāre, perfect active occultāvī, supine occultātum); first conjugation
- to conceal, hide
- Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō
- Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
Descendants
Participle
occultō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of occultus
- ex (or) per occulto ― secretly, covertly
References
- “occulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occulto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.