occaeco

Latin

Alternative forms

• obcaecō

Etymology

From ob- +‎ caecō (“make blind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /okˈkae̯.koː/, [ɔkˈkäe̯koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /otˈt͡ʃe.ko/, [otˈt͡ʃɛːko]

Verb

occaecō (present infinitive occaecāre, perfect active occaecāvī, supine occaecātum); first conjugation

1. to make blind, deprive of sight
2. (figuratively) to darken, obscure
3. (figuratively) to hide, conceal, cover
4. (of speech) to render unintelligible
5. to render senseless; to deprive of feeling, to paralyse

Conjugation

Conjugation of occaecō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	occaecō	occaecās	occaecat	occaecāmus	occaecātis	occaecant
	imperfect	occaecābam	occaecābās	occaecābat	occaecābāmus	occaecābātis	occaecābant
	future	occaecābō	occaecābis	occaecābit	occaecābimus	occaecābitis	occaecābunt
	perfect	occaecāvī	occaecāvistī	occaecāvit	occaecāvimus	occaecāvistis	occaecāvērunt, occaecāvēre
	pluperfect	occaecāveram	occaecāverās	occaecāverat	occaecāverāmus	occaecāverātis	occaecāverant
	future perfect	occaecāverō	occaecāveris	occaecāverit	occaecāverimus	occaecāveritis	occaecāverint
passive	present	occaecor	occaecāris, occaecāre	occaecātur	occaecāmur	occaecāminī	occaecantur
	imperfect	occaecābar	occaecābāris, occaecābāre	occaecābātur	occaecābāmur	occaecābāminī	occaecābantur
	future	occaecābor	occaecāberis, occaecābere	occaecābitur	occaecābimur	occaecābiminī	occaecābuntur
	perfect	occaecātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	occaecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	occaecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	occaecem	occaecēs	occaecet	occaecēmus	occaecētis	occaecent
	imperfect	occaecārem	occaecārēs	occaecāret	occaecārēmus	occaecārētis	occaecārent
	perfect	occaecāverim	occaecāverīs	occaecāverit	occaecāverīmus	occaecāverītis	occaecāverint
	pluperfect	occaecāvissem	occaecāvissēs	occaecāvisset	occaecāvissēmus	occaecāvissētis	occaecāvissent
passive	present	occaecer	occaecēris, occaecēre	occaecētur	occaecēmur	occaecēminī	occaecentur
	imperfect	occaecārer	occaecārēris, occaecārēre	occaecārētur	occaecārēmur	occaecārēminī	occaecārentur
	perfect	occaecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	occaecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	occaecā	—	—	occaecāte	—
	future	—	occaecātō	occaecātō	—	occaecātōte	occaecantō
passive	present	—	occaecāre	—	—	occaecāminī	—
	future	—	occaecātor	occaecātor	—	—	occaecantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		occaecāre	occaecāvisse	occaecātūrum esse	occaecārī	occaecātum esse	occaecātum īrī
participles		occaecāns	—	occaecātūrus	—	occaecātus	occaecandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		occaecandī	occaecandō	occaecandum	occaecandō	occaecātum	occaecātū

Related terms

• caecō

References

• “occaeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “occaeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• occaeco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
    
  • to be blinded by passions: cupiditatibus occaecari (Fin. 1. 10. 33)
    
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