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Latin
Etymology
From oculus (“eye”) + -tus (“-ly”).
Adverb
oculitus (not comparable)
- (figuratively) as dear as one's own eyes
Nonius,
De compendiosa doctrina 147, (citing Plautus):
- oculitus ut animitus, medullitus. Plautus corni "qui amánt ancillam meam Phedulium oculitus"
Usage notes
Only attested in dictionaries. Nonius's entry for the word gives a usage example attributed to Plautus' lost play Cornicula.
References
- “oculitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oculitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.