occaeco
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ob- + caecō (“make blind”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈkae̯.koː/, [ɔkˈkäe̯koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /otˈt͡ʃe.ko/, [otˈt͡ʃɛːko]
Verb
editoccaecō (present infinitive occaecāre, perfect active occaecāvī, supine occaecātum); first conjugation
- to make blind, deprive of sight
- (figuratively) to darken, obscure
- (figuratively) to hide, conceal, cover
- (of speech) to render unintelligible
- to render senseless; to deprive of feeling, to paralyse
Conjugation
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editReferences
edit- “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[1], 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)
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
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