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oculatus

oculatus

having sight

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1. oculatus — de Vaan

oculatus 'having sight' (P1.+), oculitus [adv.] 'as dearly as one's eyes', oculissimus 'dearest apple of my eye' (PL), oculeus 'made of eyes' (P1.+); unoculus 'that has one eye' (PL+); exoculare 'to deprive of eyes' (P1.+). Pit *ok(e)lo-. PIE *h3e/okw-(e)lo- 4 eye\ IE cognates: Skt. aksnas [gen.sg.], aks-J [nom.acc.du.] 'eye', an-aks- 'without eyes, blind5 < *h3e/okw-s-, YAv. asi [nom.acc.du.n.] 'eye5, Gr. &ψ [f.], … — [de Vaan, s.v. oculatus, p. 439]

2. ŏcŭlātus — Lewis & Short

ŏcŭlātus, a, um, adj.oculus.

I Lit., furnished with or having eyes, seeing (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): pluris est oculatus testis unus quam auriti decem, an eye-witness, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8; cf. inspectio, Arn. 2, 48: Clodius male oculatus, whose sight was bad, Suet. Rhet. 5: duobus luminibus, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4: aedis patulis oculata fenestris, Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 7, 47.—Comp.: oculatior deus, that has better sight, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 25.—
B Transf., eye-shaped: oculati circuli, Sol. 17, 8.—
2 Ornamented with stars, starred: palla, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.—
II That strikes the eye, exposed to view, conspicuous, visible: ne baqu/ths mea in scribendo sit oculatior (al. occultior), Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3 Orell. N. cr.: oculatissimus locus, S. C. ap. Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 24: oculatā die vendere, to sell on a visible pay-day, i. e. for cash (opp. caecā die), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.

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  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. oculatus (scan p. 439; entry #1196). Root candidates: *h3ekw-, *h3eky-, *odio-.

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