(adj.adv.) : caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. akin to σκιά, σκότος; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow
* Having no light, devoid of light.
* Act., not seeing, blind.
* Lit.: Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112: traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839: catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64: si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,Quint. 4, 1, 42: caecum corpus,the blind part of the body, the back,Sall. J. 107, 1: perdices caecae impetu,Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102: gigni,Vell. 1, 5, 2.
* Pass., that cannot be seen, or trop., that cannot be known, invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark.
* Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry): o pectora caeca!Lucr. 2, 14: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf. casus,id. Div. 2, 6, 15: caecus atque amens tribunus,id. Sest. 7, 17: caecum me et praecipitem ferri,id. Planc. 3, 6: mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,id. Clu. 70, 199: cupidine,Sall. J. 25, 7: amentiā,Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,Hor. S. 2, 3, 44: amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,id. ib. 1, 3, 39: mens,Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad: caecus ad has belli artes,Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.: caecus animi,Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4: fati futuri,ignorant of,Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.—Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149.
* Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
* Transf.
* Of plants, without buds or eyes: rami,Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus.
* Of the large intestine: intestinum,the coecum,Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.
* Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329; 2, 713: vallum caecum,Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so, fossae,covered,Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1: in vada caeca ferre,Verg. A. 1, 536: fores,private,id. ib. 2, 453: spiramenta,id. G. 1, 89: colubri,Col. 10, 231: ignis,Lucr. 4, 929: venenum,id. 6, 822: tabes,Ov. M. 9, 174: viae,blind ways,Tib. 2, 1, 78: insidiae armaque,Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3: saxa,Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164: vulnus,a secret wound,Lucr. 4, 1116; but also,a wound upon the back,Verg. A. 10, 733; cf. in the same sense, ictus,Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra): caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,Ov. M. 12, 492: caecum domūs scelus,Verg. A. 1, 356.
* Trop.: caecas exponere causas,Lucr. 3, 317: improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,lay still concealed,id. 5, 1004; so, venti potestas,id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10: caeca et clandestina natura,Lucr. 1, 779: res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357: obscurum atque caecum,id. Agr. 2, 14, 36: fata,Hor. C. 2, 13, 16: sors,id. S. 2, 3, 269: tumultus,secret conspiracies,Verg. G. 1, 464: amor,id. ib. 3, 210; cf.: stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed (pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.
* By poet. license, transf. to the hearing: murmur,Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. τυφλὸς τὰ ὦτα); so, clamor,Val. Fl. 2, 461: mugitusterrae,Sen. Troad. 171.
* Lit.: nox,Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521: caligo,Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253: tenebrae,Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35; 3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,Sil. 7, 350: latebrae,Lucr. 1, 409: iter,Ov. M. 10, 456: loca,Prop. 1, 19, 8: cavernae,Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372: latus,Verg. A. 2, 19: cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so, domus,without windows,Cic. Or. 67, 224: parietes,Verg. A. 5, 589: pulvis,id. ib. 12, 444: carcer,id. ib. 6, 734: sardonyches,not transparent, opaque,Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86: smaragdi,id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.
* Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66: quod temere fit caeco casu,id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567: eventus,Verg. A. 6, 157: caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,Col. 1, 5, 6; so, dolores,Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55: crimen,that cannot be proved,Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity (poet.): verum in caeco esse,Manil. 4, 304.—* Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.—Sup. and adv. not in. use.

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