verb transitive

ex-caeco

2nd PP ex-caecāre · 3rd PP ex-caecāvi · 4th PP ex-caecātum · conj. 1st

to blind; make blind

to blind, make blind (rare).

Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.—

by extension

To deprive a plant of the eyes; buds

To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—

To stop up

To stop up a river, a channel, etc., Ov. M. 15, 272; id. Pont. 4, 2, 17; Cels. 7, 7 fin.—*

To darken; dull •

To darken or dull a bright color: fulgor (argenti) excaecatus, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.—

figuratively •

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.

Perseus ID: n16624 Key: excaeco