(v. a.P. a.adv.) : occŭlo (obc-), cŭlŭi, cultum, 3 (
* Plup. sync. occulerat, Val. Fl. 2, 280), v. a. obcolo, to cover, cover over (syn.: tego, condo, celo, abdo).
* In gen. (very rare): terra occulit caput, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Trag. v. 141 Vahl.): virgulta multā terrā,Verg. G. 2, 346.
* In partic., to cover up, hide, conceal (class.; esp. in the P. a.; v.in the foll.): vitia corporis fuco,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118: vulnera,Cic. Att. 5, 15, 2: (feminae) parietum umbris occuluntur,are kept concealed,id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: hastatos,Liv. 33, 1: se silvā,id. 25, 8, 5: classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe,Verg. A. 1, 310: caligine terras,Ov. M. 1, 600: puncta argumentorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 77: narratum ab iis,to keep secret, conceal,Tac. A. 3, 16: vitia,Quint. 12, 8, 10.— Absol.: si quis et imprudens aspexerit, occulat ille,Tib. 1, 2, 37.—*
* Of burying: occultum efferre significat sub terram ferre, ponere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 205 Müll.—Hence, occultus (archaic orthogr. OQVOLTVS, S. C. Bacch.; scanned ŏccultus,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 39; 86; id. Capt. 1, 1, 15; cf. Brix, Trin. Einleit. p. 14 Ritschl ad Plaut. Trin. l. l. ed. 2), a, um, P. a., hidden, concealed, secret (freq. and class.; syn. abditus): hi saltem in occultis locis prostant, vos in foro ipso,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 21: res occultae et penitus abditae,Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 49: occultiores insidiae,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 39: occultior atque tectior cupiditas,id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104: si quid erit occultius et reconditum,id. Fam. 11, 21, 5: cum res occultissimas aperueris in lucemque protuleris,id. Ac. 2, 19, 62: per occultos calles,Verg. A. 9, 383: via,id. ib. 3, 695: nota,Ov. A. A. 3, 630: sapor,Verg. G. 3, 397: crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo, Fama Marcelli,from an obscure, remote age,Hor. C. 1, 12, 45: res,i. e. the hidden laws of nature,Lucr. 1, 145; 424; Cic. Ac. 1, 4, 15 sq.; 2, 41, 127; id. Fin. 3, 11, 37; 4, 7, 18 al.: occulti miranda potentia fati,Juv. 7, 200.
* Of persons, close, reserved, secret, not open: si me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 8: ab occultis cavendum hominibus consultisque,Liv. 25, 16, 4; Tac. A. 6, 51.—With gen.: occultus odii,dissembling his hate,Tac. A. 4, 7.
* Neutr. as subst.
* Oc-culta, ōrum, plur., secret things or places, secrets: servi, quibus occulta creduntur,Cic. Cael. 23, 57: cui fervens Aestuat occultis animus semperque tacendis,Juv. 3, 50. —With gen.: occulta saltuum scrutari,Tac. A. 1, 61: occulta conjurationis retexere,id. ib. 15, 74: occulta cordis,Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 25: hominum,id. Rom. 2, 16: ab occultis meis,from my secret sins,id. Psa. 18, 13.
* Sing.: occultum, i, n., secrecy, only in adverb. phrases, in occulto; per occultum; ex occulto, in secret, secretly: SACRA IN OQVOLTOD NE QVIQVAM FECISE VELET, S. C. Bacch.: in occulto mussabant, Enn. Ann. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll. (Ann. v. 185 Vahl.): Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 86: stare in occulto,Cic. Clu. 28, 78: per occultum (post-Aug.), Tac. A. 6, 7; 4, 71 fin.; 5, 4; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 124: ex occulto,from a place of concealment, secret place,Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17: Jugurtha ex occulto repente nostros invadit,Sall. J. 59, 2.—Hence, secretly: ex occulto intervenire,Cic. Clu. 16, 47.—Hence, adv., in three forms: occultē (class.), occultō (ante-class.), and occultim (post-class.), in concealment, in secret, secretly, privately.
* Form occulte: neque id occulte fert,does not keep it secret, makes no secret of it, does not conceal it,Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 30: ea nunc occulte cuniculis oppugnatur,Cic. Agr. 1, 1, 1: proficisci,Caes. B. C. 1, 66: inter se constituere aliquid,id. B. G. 7, 83: labitur occulte,Ov. M. 10, 519: nec clam illud occulteque factum est,Plin. 36, 2, 2, § 6.
* Form occulto, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P. (Com. Rel. v. 295 Rib.).— *
* Comp.: conari occultius,Cic. Deiot. 6, 18: erant praeterea complures paulo occultius consilii hujus participes,Sall. C. 17, 5: Quint. 9, 4, 21.—Sup.: quam potuit occultissime reliquas cohortes duxit,Caes. B. C. 3, 67: castra quam potest occultissime locat,Liv. 9, 2; Sall. J. 91, 3; for which maxime occulte,Sall. J. 35, 4.

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