Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From caecus +‎ .

Verb edit

caecō (present infinitive caecāre, perfect active caecāvī, supine caecātum); first conjugation

  1. to blind
  2. to obscure
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of caecō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caecō caecās caecat caecāmus caecātis caecant
imperfect caecābam caecābās caecābat caecābāmus caecābātis caecābant
future caecābō caecābis caecābit caecābimus caecābitis caecābunt
perfect caecāvī caecāvistī caecāvit caecāvimus caecāvistis caecāvērunt,
caecāvēre
pluperfect caecāveram caecāverās caecāverat caecāverāmus caecāverātis caecāverant
future perfect caecāverō caecāveris caecāverit caecāverimus caecāveritis caecāverint
passive present caecor caecāris,
caecāre
caecātur caecāmur caecāminī caecantur
imperfect caecābar caecābāris,
caecābāre
caecābātur caecābāmur caecābāminī caecābantur
future caecābor caecāberis,
caecābere
caecābitur caecābimur caecābiminī caecābuntur
perfect caecātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect caecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect caecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caecem caecēs caecet caecēmus caecētis caecent
imperfect caecārem caecārēs caecāret caecārēmus caecārētis caecārent
perfect caecāverim caecāverīs caecāverit caecāverīmus caecāverītis caecāverint
pluperfect caecāvissem caecāvissēs caecāvisset caecāvissēmus caecāvissētis caecāvissent
passive present caecer caecēris,
caecēre
caecētur caecēmur caecēminī caecentur
imperfect caecārer caecārēris,
caecārēre
caecārētur caecārēmur caecārēminī caecārentur
perfect caecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect caecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caecā caecāte
future caecātō caecātō caecātōte caecantō
passive present caecāre caecāminī
future caecātor caecātor caecantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives caecāre caecāvisse caecātūrum esse caecārī caecātum esse caecātum īrī
participles caecāns caecātūrus caecātus caecandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
caecandī caecandō caecandum caecandō caecātum caecātū
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Asturian: cegar
  • Catalan: cegar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cegar
    • Galician: cegar
    • Portuguese: cegar (see there for further descendants)
  • Spanish: cegar

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

caecō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of caecus

References edit

  • caeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caeco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri