caecus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.kus/, [ˈkäe̯kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.kus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːkus]
Adjective
[edit]caecus (feminine caeca, neuter caecum); first/second-declension adjective
- blind
- (literally) blind (not seeing)
- (figuratively) blind, blinded (mentally or morally)
- (figuratively) blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.209–210:
- “[...] caecīque in nūbibus ignēs / terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent?”
- “And [why do] aimless fires in the clouds terrify [our] spirits, and [their] meaningless murmurs unsettle [us]?”
(King Iarbas dares to question whether lightning and thunder truly signify Jupiter’s disapproval of human affairs.)
- “And [why do] aimless fires in the clouds terrify [our] spirits, and [their] meaningless murmurs unsettle [us]?”
- “[...] caecīque in nūbibus ignēs / terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent?”
- (transferred sense, botany) without buds or eyes
- invisible
- opaque, dark, uncertain
- (literally) opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)
- (figuratively) dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | caecus | caeca | caecum | caecī | caecae | caeca | |
Genitive | caecī | caecae | caecī | caecōrum | caecārum | caecōrum | |
Dative | caecō | caecō | caecīs | ||||
Accusative | caecum | caecam | caecum | caecōs | caecās | caeca | |
Ablative | caecō | caecā | caecō | caecīs | |||
Vocative | caece | caeca | caecum | caecī | caecae | caeca |
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caecus 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
- (ambiguous) to have no principles: caeco impetu ferri
- Fortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them: fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecat
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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- Latin 2-syllable words
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- Latin lemmas
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- Latin terms with quotations
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- la:Botany
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook