puncta

pungo, pŭpŭgi, punctum, 3 (old fut. perf. pepugero, Att. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 10; perf. punxi, acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.:

pupungi, in pungit, punxit, pupungit,

Not. Tir. p. 131; scanned pŭpūgi, Prud. steph. 9, 59), v. a. [root pug-, to thrust, strike, whence also pugil, pugnus; Gr. pux, etc.], to prick, puncture (class.).

Lit.:

aliquem,

Cic. Sest. 10, 24:

acu comatoriā mihi malas pungebat,

Petr. 21:

vulnus quod acu punctum videretur,

Cic. Mil. 24, 65.—

Transf.

To pierce into, penetrate, enter:

corpus,

Lucr. 2, 460 (v. the passage in connection).—

To affect sensibly, to sting, bite: ut pungat colubram: cum pupugerit, etc., Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 894 P.:

pungunt sensum,

Lucr. 4, 625:

aliquem manu,

to pinch, Petr. 87 fin.:

nitrum adulteratum pungit,

has a pungent taste, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114.—

To press, hasten:

futura pungunt, nec se superari sinunt,

Pub. Syr. v. 177 Rib.—

Trop., to prick, sting, vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy, etc.:

scrupulus aliquem stimulat ac pungit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

epistula illa ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit,

id. Att. 2, 16, 1:

jamdudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 158:

pungit me, quod scribis, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 15, 1:

si paupertas momordit, si ignominia pupugit,

id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:

quos tamen pungit aliquid,

id. ib. 5, 35, 102:

odi ego, quos numquam pungunt suspiria somnos,

Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 27. —Hence, punctus, a, um, P. a., pricked in, like a point; hence, of time: puncto tempore (cf.: puncto temporis; v. infra), in an instant, in a moment (only in Lucr.), Lucr. 2, 263; 456; 1006; 4, 216; 6, 230.—Hence, subst. in two forms.

punctum, i, n., that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture.

Lit. (very rare), Mart. 11, 45, 6.—

Transf.

A point, small spot (as if made by pricking):

ova punctis distincta,

Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 144:

gemma sanguineis punctis,

id. 37, 8, 34, § 113:

puncta quae terebrantur acu,

Mart. 11, 46, 2:

ferream frontem convulnerandam praebeant punctis,

i. e. with the marks of slavery, Plin. Pan. 35.—

In partic.

A point made in writing, Aus. Epigr. 35, 1; 145, 5;

as a punctuation mark,

Diom. p. 432 P.—

A mathematical point. Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116.—

A point or spot on dice: quadringenis in punctum sestertiis aleam lusit, Suet. Ner. [p. 1492] 30; Aus. Prof. 1, 29.—

A point or dot as the sign of a vote, made in a waxen tablet, before the introduction of separate ballots;

hence, transf.,

a vote, suffrage, ballot, Cic. Planc. 22, 53; id. Mur. 34, 72; id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—Hence, poet., applause, approbation:

omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci,

Hor. A. P. 343:

discedo Alcaeus puncto illius,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 99; Aus. Grat. Act. ad Grat. 5.—

A point on the bar of a steelyard, indicating the weight:

diluis helleborum, certo compescere puncto nescius examen,

Pers. 5, 100.—

A small part of any thing divided or measured off, e.g.,

A small weight, Pers. 5, 100.—

A small liquid measure, Front. Aquaed. 25.—

A small portion of time, an instant, a moment (cf. momentum):

puncto temporis eodem,

in the same moment, Cic. Sest. 24, 53; cf.:

ne punctum quidem temporis,

id. Phil. 8, 7, 20; Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 7:

nullo puncto temporis intermisso,

id. N. D. 1, 20, 52; Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—In plur.:

omnibus minimis temporum punctis,

Cic. N. D. 1, 24, 67:

animi discessus a corpore fit ad punctum temporis,

id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:

temporis puncto omnes Uticam relinquunt,

Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.; Plin. Pan. 56:

horae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 172:

diei,

Lucr. 4, 201.—Rarely absol.:

punctum est quod vivimus et adhuc puncto minus,

Sen. Ep. 49, 14, 3:

puncto brevissimo dilapsa domus,

App. M. 9, p. 235, 30; cf.:

quod momentum, quod immo temporis punctum, aut beneficio sterile aut vacuum laude,

Plin. Pan. 56, 2; Vulg. Isa. 54, 7.—

In space, a point:

ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri, quo quasi punctum ejus attingimus, poeniteret,

Cic. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—

In discourse, a small portion, brief clause, short section, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2; id. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Aus. Idyll. 12 prooem.—

puncta, ae, f. (very rare), a prick, puncture, Veg. Mil. 1, 12.

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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.