caecus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === coecus (misspelling) cēcus (in manuscripts) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.kus] === Adjective === caecus (feminine caeca, neuter caecum); first/second-declension adjective blind (literally) blind (not seeing) (figuratively) blind, blinded (mentally or morally) (figuratively) blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly (transferred sense, botany) without buds or eyes invisible (literally) invisible (that cannot be seen) (figuratively) invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known) opaque, dark, uncertain (literally) opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent) (figuratively) dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception) ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== caeco caecum (noun) ==== Related terms ==== caecitās Caecilius ==== Descendants ==== === References === “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caecus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caecus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.