occaecans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of occaecō (“make blind”)

Participle

occaecāns (genitive occaecantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. blinding, making blind
2. (figuratively) darkening, obscuring
3. (figuratively) hiding, concealing
4. (of speech) rendering unintelligible
5. render senseless, depriving of feeling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	occaecāns			occaecantēs	occaecantia
genitive	occaecantis			occaecantium
dative	occaecantī			occaecantibus
accusative	occaecantem	occaecāns		occaecantēs occaecantīs	occaecantia
ablative	occaecante occaecantī1			occaecantibus
vocative	occaecāns			occaecantēs	occaecantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.