occultus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of occulō (“cover, hide”).

Participle

occultus (feminine occulta, neuter occultum, comparative occultior, superlative occultissimus, adverb occultē or occultō); first/second-declension participle

1. concealed, covered, hidden; having been concealed, etc.

   Synonyms: obscūrus, sēcrētus, arcānus, clandestīnus, perobscūrus

   Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.574:

     quā brevis occultum mūs sibi fēcit iter

     where a little mouse made a hidden passage for itself

2. (figuratively) secret

   ex (or) per occulto ― secretly, covertly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	occultus	occulta	occultum		occultī	occultae	occulta
genitive	occultī	occultae	occultī		occultōrum	occultārum	occultōrum
dative	occultō	occultae	occultō		occultīs
accusative	occultum	occultam	occultum		occultōs	occultās	occulta
ablative	occultō	occultā	occultō		occultīs
vocative	occulte	occulta	occultum		occultī	occultae	occulta

References

• “occultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “occultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• occultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti