oculitus

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== Latin == === Etymology === From oculus (“eye”) +‎ -tus (“-ly”). === Adverb === oculitus (not comparable) (figuratively) as dear as one's own eyes ==== Usage notes ==== Only attested in dictionaries. Nonius's entry for the word gives a usage example attributed to Plautus' lost play Cornicula. === References === “oculitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oculitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.