cēlo

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.

ob-tĕgo (collat. form obtĭgo, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8), xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to cover over, cover up (for protection or concealment) (syn.: obtendo, velo, celo; class.).

Lit.:

insuper lingua bubula obtegito,

Cato, R. R. 40:

in pectus perpluit meum, neque jam umquam obtigere possum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 8:

domus arboribus obtecta,

Verg. A. 2, 300:

armis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 19:

se servorum et libertorum corporibus,

Cic. Sest. 35, 76:

os obtegendum, fauces velandae,

Cels. 3, 22. —

Trop., to veil, hide, conceal, keep secret:

obtegere errata,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 23:

vitia multis virtutibus obtecta,

Cic. Cael. 18, 43:

ut adulescentiae turpitudo obscuritate obtegatur,

id. Vatin. 5, 11:

nihil,

id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

scelera nuper reperta priscis verbis,

Tac. A. 4, 19:

flagitia,

id. ib. 13, 33.— With gen.:

animus audax, sui obtegens in alios criminator,

Tac. A. 4, 1.—

To protect:

aegre precibus meliorum obtectus,

Tac. A. 16, 5.

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.

rĕ-tĭcĕo, cŭi, 2, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to be silent, keep silence (class.;

syn.: sileo, obmutesco): cum Sulpicius reticuisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

de Chelidone reticuit, quoad potuit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

de utriusque vestrum errore,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29:

non placuit reticere,

Sall. J. 85, 26:

ne retice, ne verere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 33:

de adversis,

Tac. A. 1, 67:

velut vinculis ori impositis reticentes,

Amm. 30, 4, 11. — Poet.:

lyra, quae reticet,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 223:

Pelion,

id. in Rufin. 2, 43.—

With dat. of a person asking something, to keep silent, not to answer, to refrain from answering (perh. not ante-Aug.):

nunc interroganti senatori, paeniteatne, etc.... si reticeam, superbus videar,

Liv. 23, 12, 9 Drak.; 3, 41, 3; Tac. A. 14, 49:

loquenti,

Ov. M. 3, 357.—

Act., to keep a thing silent; to keep secret, conceal (class.;

syn. celo): nihil reticebo, quod sciam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 9, 47; so,

nihil,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 51; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 3:

ea, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

quae audierat,

Sall. C. 23, 2:

vestros dolores,

Prop. 1, 10, 13:

multa linguae reticenda modestae,

Ov. H. 19, 63.— Pass.:

reticetur formula pacti,

Ov. H. 20, 151.— Absol.:

nihil me subterfugere voluisse reticendo nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1.— P. a. as subst.: rĕtĭcenda, ōrum, n., things to be kept secret, Just. 1, 7, 4.

rĕ-tĭcĕo, cŭi, 2, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to be silent, keep silence (class.;

syn.: sileo, obmutesco): cum Sulpicius reticuisset, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 232:

de Chelidone reticuit, quoad potuit,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139:

de utriusque vestrum errore,

id. Phil. 1, 12, 29:

non placuit reticere,

Sall. J. 85, 26:

ne retice, ne verere,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 33:

de adversis,

Tac. A. 1, 67:

velut vinculis ori impositis reticentes,

Amm. 30, 4, 11. — Poet.:

lyra, quae reticet,

Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 223:

Pelion,

id. in Rufin. 2, 43.—

With dat. of a person asking something, to keep silent, not to answer, to refrain from answering (perh. not ante-Aug.):

nunc interroganti senatori, paeniteatne, etc.... si reticeam, superbus videar,

Liv. 23, 12, 9 Drak.; 3, 41, 3; Tac. A. 14, 49:

loquenti,

Ov. M. 3, 357.—

Act., to keep a thing silent; to keep secret, conceal (class.;

syn. celo): nihil reticebo, quod sciam,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 9, 47; so,

nihil,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 51; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 3:

ea, quae, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 1:

quae audierat,

Sall. C. 23, 2:

vestros dolores,

Prop. 1, 10, 13:

multa linguae reticenda modestae,

Ov. H. 19, 63.— Pass.:

reticetur formula pacti,

Ov. H. 20, 151.— Absol.:

nihil me subterfugere voluisse reticendo nec obscurare dicendo,

Cic. Clu. 1, 1.— P. a. as subst.: rĕtĭcenda, ōrum, n., things to be kept secret, Just. 1, 7, 4.

sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.

In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

quattuor (naves) suppressae,

Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

naves,

id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —

In partic. (class.).

To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).

Lit.:

hostem nostros insequentem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

iter,

id. ib. 1, 66:

aerii cursūs habenas,

Ov. M. 6, 709:

lora manu,

id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

fugam,

id. M. 11, 777:

sanguinem,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

alvum,

i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

ventrem,

id. 4, 19:

fontes,

Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

lacrimas,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

vocem,

let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

id. ib. 5, 193:

si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—

Trop.:

aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

stultiloquium,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

impetum militum,

Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

iram,

id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

querelas,

id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

furorem,

id. 71:

fletum,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

dolorem altā mente,

Luc. 6, 228. —

To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).

Lit.:

quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

pecuniam,

id. ib. 25, 68;

26, 71: nummos,

id. ib. 27, 75:

elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

Liv. 3, 55, 13:

testamentum,

Suet. Calig. 16:

libros,

id. Gram. 8 fin.:

alienam ancillam,

to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

adulterii foeditate suppressā,

Amm. 16, 8, 6.—

Trop.:

ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

Liv. 5, 1, 7:

famam coërcitam,

Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

indicium conjurationis,

Curt. 6, 8, 8:

nomen Vespasiani,

Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *

Short:

mentum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—

Of the voice, subdued, low:

suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

murmur,

Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

suppressius,

in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.

sup-prĭmo ( subp-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [premo], to press down or under.

In gen., so rarely and only as a naut. t. t., to sink, send to the bottom a vessel:

quattuor (naves) suppressae,

Liv. 22, 19, 12; so,

naves,

id. 28, 30, 11; 37, 11, 11; Just. 2, 9, 13. —

In partic. (class.).

To hold or keep back; to check, stop, put a stop to; to detain, restrain, suppress (syn.: reprimo, repello, sisto).

Lit.:

hostem nostros insequentem,

Caes. B. C. 1, 45:

iter,

id. ib. 1, 66:

aerii cursūs habenas,

Ov. M. 6, 709:

lora manu,

id. Am. 1, 13, 10:

fugam,

id. M. 11, 777:

sanguinem,

Cels. 2, 10 fin.; 5, 26, 22; Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113:

alvum,

i. e. to close, make costive, Cels. 2, 12, 2:

ventrem,

id. 4, 19:

fontes,

Ov. M. 15, 280; id. P. 4, 2, 18:

lacrimas,

Prop. 3, 10 (4, 9), 8; Albin. 1, 427:

vocem,

let fall, Ov. M 1, 715:

partem ultimam vocis In medio sono,

id. ib. 5, 193:

si jam deficiam, subpressaque lingua palate Vix instillato restituenda mero, etc.,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 21.—

Trop.:

aegritudinem supprimere nec pati manare longius,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 31, 75:

stultiloquium,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 24:

impetum militum,

Liv. 31, 18, 7; 7, 24, 3:

iram,

id. 2, 35, 2; Ov. P. 1, 8, 69:

querelas,

id. F. 4, 83; Petr. 91:

furorem,

id. 71:

fletum,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 113:

dolorem altā mente,

Luc. 6, 228. —

To keep from publicity, keep to one ' s self; to keep back, conceal, suppress (syn.: abscondo, celo).

Lit.:

quae (HS DC) reticuit atque suppressit,

Cic. Clu. 36, 99:

pecuniam,

id. ib. 25, 68;

26, 71: nummos,

id. ib. 27, 75:

elaborata abscondere atque supprimere,

Plin. 25, 1, 1, § 1:

quae (senatusconsulta) antea arbitrio consulum supprimebantur vitiabanturque,

Liv. 3, 55, 13:

testamentum,

Suet. Calig. 16:

libros,

id. Gram. 8 fin.:

alienam ancillam,

to harbor secretly, Dig. 47, 2, 84:

adulterii foeditate suppressā,

Amm. 16, 8, 6.—

Trop.:

ejus decreti suppressa fama est,

Liv. 5, 1, 7:

famam coërcitam,

Tac. H. 1, 17 fin.:

indicium conjurationis,

Curt. 6, 8, 8:

nomen Vespasiani,

Tac. H. 2, 96.—Hence, suppres-sus, a, um, P. a., held back, kept in, i. e., *

Short:

mentum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 3.—

Of the voice, subdued, low:

suppressā voce dicere (opp. magnā voce dicere),

Cic. Sull. 10, 30:

murmur,

Val. Fl. 5, 470.— Comp.:

erit ut voce sic etiam oratione suppressior,

Cic. Or. 25, 85.—Hence, suppres-sē, adv.; in comp.:

suppressius,

in a subdued voice, Aug. Ord. 1, 23.