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oculissimus

oculissimus · adj

dearest

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Where it lives

Curculio 2 · 3.24/10k

What it meant

ŏcŭlissĭmus — Lewis & Short

ŏcŭlissĭmus, a, um, adj., a comically formed

I sup., from oculus, dearest (cf. ocellus): oculissime homo, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 28: valuistin' oculissimum ostium? id. ib. 1, 1, 17; cf.: oculissimum, carissimum, Plautus: oculissimum ostium amicae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll.

In the wild

oculissimum Plautus, Curculio 1.1
oculissime Plautus, Curculio 1.2

Where it came from

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