are kept concealed

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.

occŭlo ( obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 ( plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. [obcolo], to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).

In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.):

virgulta multā terrā,

Verg. G. 2, 346.—

In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v. in the foll.):

vitia corporis fuco,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118:

vulnera,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2:

(feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,

are kept concealed, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

hastatos,

Liv. 33, 1:

se silvā,

id. 25, 8, 5:

classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,

Verg. A. 1, 310:

caligine terras,

Ov. M. 1, 600:

puncta argumentorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77:

narratum ab iis,

to keep secret, conceal, Tac. A. 3, 16:

vitia,

Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.:

si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,

Tib. 1, 2, 37.—

Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.;

scanned ŏccultus,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.;

syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21:

res occultae et penitus abditae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49:

occultiores insidiae,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39:

occultior atque tectior cupiditas,

id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

si quid erit occultius et reconditum,

id. Fam. 11, 21, 5:

cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,

id. Ac. 2, 19, 62:

per occultos calles,

Verg. A. 9, 383:

via,

id. ib. 3, 695:

nota,

Ov. A. A. 3, 630:

sapor,

Verg. G. 3, 397:

crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,

from an obscure, remote age, Hor. C. 1, 12, 45:

res,

i. e. the hidden laws of nature, Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.:

occulti miranda potentia fati,

Juv. 7, 200.—

Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open:

si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8:

ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,

Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.:

occultus odii,

dissembling his hate, Tac. A. 4, 7.—

Occultus, adverbially for occulte, in secret, secretly (Tacitean):

qui ejusmodi preces occulti illuderent,

Tac. A. 3, 29; 4, 12:

patris mei amicitias non occulti ferunt,

id. ib. 4, 40.—

Neutr. as subst.

oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets:

servi, quibus occulta creduntur,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,

Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.:

occulta saltuum scrutari,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

occulta conjurationis retexere,

id. ib. 15, 74:

occulta cordis,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25:

hominum,

id. Rom. 2, 16:

ab occultis meis,

from my secret sins, id. Psa. 18, 13.—

Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86:

stare in occulto,

Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. [p. 1252] A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124:

ex occulto,

from a place of concealment, secret place, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,

Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly:

ex occulto intervenire,

Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.

Form occulte:

neque id occulte fert,

does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30:

ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,

Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1:

proficisci,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

inter se constituere aliquid,

id. B. G. 7, 83:

labitur occulte,

Ov. M. 10, 519:

nec clam illud occulteque factum est,

Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.—

Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).—

Form occultim:

reptare,

Sol. 4.—

Comp.:

conari occultius,

Cic. Deiot. 6, 18:

erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,

Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.— Sup.:

quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67:

castra quam potest occultissime locat,

Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3;

for which maxime occulte,

Sall. J. 35, 4.