occaecatus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of occaecō (“make blind”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔk.kae̯ˈkaː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ot.t͡ʃeˈkaː.tus] === Participle === occaecātus (feminine occaecāta, neuter occaecātum); first/second-declension participle blinded, having been made blind (figuratively) darkened, obscured, having been obscured (figuratively) hidden, concealed, having been hidden (of speech) rendered unintelligible, having been rendered unintelligible rendered senseless, having been deprived of feeling ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective.