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ex-caeco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to blind, make blind (rare).
I. Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.—
B. Transf.
1. To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—
2. To stop up a river, a channel, etc., Ov. M. 15, 272; id. Pont. 4, 2, 17; Cels. 7, 7 fin.—*
3. To darken or dull a bright color: “fulgor (argenti) excaecatus,” Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.—
II. Trop.: “oculos animosque (fama),” Petr. 141, 5: “formam,” i. e. to render uncomely, to disfigure, id. 128, 3: “nec accipies munera quae excaecant prudentes,” Vulg. Exod. 23, 8.
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 (3):
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 23.8
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.272
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.7
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