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excaeco

excaeco, to blind, make blind

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excaecari Verb: present passive infinitive of excaeco

See excaecari in Morpho

ex-caeco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blind, make blind (rare).
  • I Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—
      • 2 To stop up a river, a channel, etc., Ov. M. 15, 272; id. Pont. 4, 2, 17; Cels. 7, 7 fin.—*
      • 3 To darken or dull a bright color: fulgor (argenti) excaecatus, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.—
  • II Trop.: oculos animosque (fama), Petr. 141, 5: formam, i.e. to render uncomely, to disfigure, id. 128, 3: nec accipies munera quae excaecant prudentes, Vulg. Exod. 23, 8.

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