caeco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkae̯.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.ko]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos

Proto-Italic *kaikos

Latin caecus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin caecō

From caecus + -ō.

Verb

caecō (present infinitive caecāre, perfect active caecāvī, supine caecātum); first conjugation

1. to blind
2. to obscure

Conjugation

   Conjugation of caecō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	caecō		caecās		caecat		caecāmus		caecātis		caecant
	imperfect	caecābam		caecābās		caecābat		caecābāmus		caecābātis		caecābant
	future	caecābō		caecābis		caecābit		caecābimus		caecābitis		caecābunt
	perfect	caecāvī		caecāvistī		caecāvit		caecāvimus		caecāvistis		caecāvērunt, caecāvēre
	pluperfect	caecāveram		caecāverās		caecāverat		caecāverāmus		caecāverātis		caecāverant
	future perfect	caecāverō		caecāveris		caecāverit		caecāverimus		caecāveritis		caecāverint
passive	present	caecor		caecāris, caecāre		caecātur		caecāmur		caecāminī		caecantur
	imperfect	caecābar		caecābāris, caecābāre		caecābātur		caecābāmur		caecābāminī		caecābantur
	future	caecābor		caecāberis, caecābere		caecābitur		caecābimur		caecābiminī		caecābuntur
	perfect	caecātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	caecātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	caecātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	caecem		caecēs		caecet		caecēmus		caecētis		caecent
	imperfect	caecārem		caecārēs		caecāret		caecārēmus		caecārētis		caecārent
	perfect	caecāverim		caecāverīs		caecāverit		caecāverīmus		caecāverītis		caecāverint
	pluperfect	caecāvissem		caecāvissēs		caecāvisset		caecāvissēmus		caecāvissētis		caecāvissent
passive	present	caecer		caecēris, caecēre		caecētur		caecēmur		caecēminī		caecentur
	imperfect	caecārer		caecārēris, caecārēre		caecārētur		caecārēmur		caecārēminī		caecārentur
	perfect	caecātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	caecātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		caecā		—		—		caecāte		—
	future	—		caecātō		caecātō		—		caecātōte		caecantō
passive	present	—		caecāre		—		—		caecāminī		—
	future	—		caecātor		caecātor		—		—		caecantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		caecāre			caecārī			caecāns			—
future		caecātūrum esse			caecātum īrī			caecātūrus			caecandus
perfect		caecāvisse			caecātum esse			—			caecātus
future perfect		—			caecātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		caecātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		caecandī		caecandō		caecandum		caecandō		caecātum		caecātū

Derived terms

• excaecō
• occaecō

Descendants

• Asturian: cegar
• Catalan: cegar
• Italian: cecare, ciecare
• Old Galician-Portuguese: cegar, çegar
  • Fala: cegar
  • Galician: cegar
  • Portuguese: cegar (see there for further descendants)
• Old Spanish: cegar
  • Spanish: cegar

Etymology 2

Adjective

caecō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of caecus

References

• “caeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caeco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “caeco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri