occaeco — Lewis & Short
occaeco (obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.obcaeco,
I to make blind, to blind, to deprive of sight.
I Lit.
A In gen. (only postAug.; cf.
excaeco): quidam subito occaecati sunt,are made blind, lose their sight, Cels. 6, 6, 57:
requirendum est, num oculi ejus occaecati sint,id. 8, 4:
in occaecatum pulvere effuso hostem,Liv. 22, 43, 11; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9.—
B Transf.
1 To make dark; to darken, obscure:
solem vides, Satin' ut occaecatus est prae hujus corporis candoribus,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 66:
densa caligo occaecaverat diem,Liv. 33, 7, 2.—Absol.: noctis et nimbūm occaecat nigror, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157.—
2 To hide, conceal (so in Cic.):
terra semen occaecatum cohibet,Cic. Sen. 15, 51:
fossas,Col. 2, 2, 9; 10.—
II Trop.
A Of speech, to make dark, obscure, unintelligible:
obscura narratio totam occaecat orationem,Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 329.—
B Mentally, to make blind, to blind:
stultitiā occaecatus,Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 4:
occaecatus cupiditate,id. Fin. 1, 10, 33:
nec quid agerent, ira et pavore occaecatis animis, cernebant,Liv. 38, 21, 7:
consilia,id. 42, 43, 3:
occaecatus irā,id. 8, 32, 17.—
C To render senseless, deprive of feeling, to benumb (poet.):
timor occaecaverat artus,Verg. Cul. 198.