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caeco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,
I.to make blind, to blind.
I. Lit.: “sol caecat,” Lucr. 4, 325 (300); Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 20, 7; 20, 292: “unde caecatus est (Appius Claudius),” Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 34, 3.—Hence, in gardening: “oculum,” to destroy, Col. 4, 9, 2; 4, 24, 16; cf. caecus, I. C., and oculus.—
B. Trop.: “qui largitione caecarunt mentes imperitorum,” Cic. Sest. 66, 139: “ut (animi acies) ne caecetur erroribus,” id. Tusc. 5, 13, 39: “caecati libidinibus,” id. ib. 1, 30, 72: “cupiditate,” id. Dom. 23, 60: “caecata mens subito terrore,” Liv. 44, 6, 17: “pectora... serie caecata laborum,” Ov. P. 2, 7, 45: “caecabitur spes vindemiae,” Pall. 1, 6, 11: “timidos artus,” to make senseless, Verg. Cul. 198.—
II. Transf., to make dark, to obscure: “caecantur silvae,” Avien. Per. 504.—
B. Trop., of discourse: “celeritate caecata oratio,” rendered obscure, Cic. Brut. 76, 264.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, On his House, 23.60
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 66.139
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.325
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 6
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.13
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.24.16
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.9.2
    • Cicero, Brutus, 76.264
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