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caecĭtas , ātis, f. caecus,
I.blindness.
I. Lit. (rare but in good prose), Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113; 5, 38, 111; id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 149; 12, 8, 18, § 34.—
II. Trop.: “furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: “in furore animi et caecitate,” id. Dom. 50, 129: “mentis,” id. ib. 40, 105; cf.: “an tibi luminis obesset caecitas plus quam libidinis,” id. Har. Resp. 18, 38.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, On his House, 50.129
    • Cicero, On the Responses of the Haruspices, 18.38
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.34
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.28
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.5
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.39
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