occulto Latin · revision 30836

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ḱel-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔkˈkʊɫ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [okˈkul.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''occultō''' (present infinitive occultāre, perfect active occultāvī, supine occultātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus has the old perfect subjunctive ''occultāssis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[m|la|occulō|t=to cover over, hide]], formed with ⟨-tō⟩ on the participle ⟨occultus⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan explains ⟨occulō⟩ as [[m|la|ob]] with a verb ⟨*kele-⟩, from [[itc-pro|*kele/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱel-e/o-|t=to hide]], cognate with [[sga|ceilid|t=hides]] and [[ang|helan|t=to hide]]; [[m|la|cēlō|t=to conceal]] belongs to the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Curculio'': ''tacē, occultēmus lūmen et vōcem'', “quiet, let's hide the light and our voices”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to keep something out of sight, to hide (Plautus: I'll run away and hide myself for a few days), and to cover a sound, as the Curetes drowned the cries of the infant Jupiter in Crete (Lucretius).^(OLD 2012) Its most common figurative sense is to keep facts secret or suppress them, as Plautus' captive conceals his rank, family and wealth.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein contrasts [[cēlō]], to keep something from someone's knowledge, with ''occulere'' and ''occultāre'', to hide something from view.^(Döderlein 1874) Church Latin glosses it “hide, conceal”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of hiding a light and of concealing one's rank.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of drowning a sound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|hide]], [[m|en|conceal]] (from sight); ''(reflexive)'' to hide oneself.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drown, cover (a sound).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep secret, [[m|en|suppress]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[occultātiō]]

+ * [[occultātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[occulō]]

+ * [[occultus]]

+ * [[cēlō]]

+ * [[en|occult]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate adverb ''occultō'', the ablative of [[occultus]], means “secretly, in secret”, a form of [[occultē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}