occulto

See also: occultò and Occulto

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okˈkul.to/
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Hyphenation: oc‧cùl‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin occultus, past participle form of occulō (to hide, conceal).

Adjective

occulto (feminine occulta, masculine plural occulti, feminine plural occulte)

  1. hidden, concealed
  2. secret
  3. occult

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

occulto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of occultare

Latin

Etymology

From occulō (hide, cover).

Pronunciation

Adverb

occultō (not comparable)

  1. alternative form of occultē

Verb

occultō (present infinitive occultāre, perfect active occultāvī, supine occultātum); first conjugation

  1. to conceal, hide
    Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abscondō, abdō, cooperiō, comprimō, prōtegō, premō, opprimō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

Conjugation

1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: ocultar
  • English: occult
  • French: occulter
  • Galician: ocultar
  • Italian: occultare
  • Occitan: ocultar
  • Portuguese: ocultar
  • Romanian: oculta
  • Spanish: ocultar

Participle

occultō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of occultus
    ex (or) per occultosecretly, covertly

References

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