occultātĭo — Lewis & Short
occultātĭo, ōnis, f.2. occulto,
I a hiding, concealing, concealment (rare but class.):
aliae fugā se, aliae occultatione tutantur,by hiding themselves, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127: cujus rei nulla est occultatio, * Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.:
in speluncā,Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148. —Absol.:
occultatione propositā,in the expectation of concealment, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73.—
2 Rhet. t. t., insinuation, suggestion:
occultatio est, cum dicimus nos praeterire aut non scire aut nolle dicere id, quod nunc maxime dicimus,Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37; cf. the context.