occulte Latin · revision 31312

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=220–130 BC, Pacuvius|origins=ine-pro *ḱel-e/o-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''occultē''' (comparative occultius, superlative occultissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the adverb of [[m|la|occultus|t=hidden, secret]], formed with [[m|la|-ē]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The adjective is the participle of [[m|la|occulō|t=to hide]], which de Vaan explains as [[m|la|ob-]] with a present [[itc-pro|*kele/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*ḱel-e/o-|t=to hide]], the root also of [[m|la|cēlō|t=to conceal]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|ceilid|t=hides]], [[ang|helan|t=to hide]] and [[got|𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=huljan|t=to cover]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Pacuvius has “this is what Oeax darkly foretold would happen”;^(OLD 2012) Köbler gives Terence as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is without being noticed, secretly, in private or furtively, and of natural processes imperceptibly, as Lucretius' iron ploughshare that wears away unseen in the fields.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Of statements it is obscurely or by hints and insinuations, as in Pacuvius.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Köbler finds it in the Bible, glossaries and the Burgundian law code.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius of an obscure prophecy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of a ploughshare wearing away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|secretly|alt=Secretly]], in private, furtively; imperceptibly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Obscurely, by hints.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[occultus]]

+ * [[occulō]]

+ * [[cēlō]]

+ * [[clam]]

+ * [[sēcrētō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein notes that ''cēlāre'' refers to keeping knowledge secret, the opposite of confessing, while ''occulere'' and ''occultāre'' refer to hiding material things from sight, the opposite of uncovering; in the same way ''clam'', secretly, is opposed to ''palam''.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}