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Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /ˈkae̯.kus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈkäe̯kʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈt͡ʃe.kus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛːkus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kaikos||blind, eyeless}} Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), {{inh|la|ine-pro|*kéh₂ikos||one-eyed}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”), {{cog|got|𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), {{cog|sga|cáech||one-eyed}} Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”) Head templates: {{la-adj|caecus}} caecus (feminine caeca, neuter caecum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|caecus}} Forms: caeca [feminine], caecum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], caecus [masculine, nominative, singular], caeca [feminine, nominative, singular], caecum [neuter, nominative, singular], caecī [masculine, nominative, singular], caecae [feminine, nominative, plural], caeca [neuter, nominative, plural], caecī [genitive, masculine, singular], caecae [feminine, genitive, singular], caecī [genitive, neuter, singular], caecōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], caecārum [feminine, genitive, plural], caecōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], caecō [dative, masculine, singular], caecae [dative, feminine, singular], caecō [dative, neuter, singular], caecīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], caecum [accusative, masculine, singular], caecam [accusative, feminine, singular], caecum [accusative, neuter, singular], caecōs [accusative, masculine, singular], caecās [accusative, feminine, plural], caeca [accusative, neuter, plural], caecō [ablative, masculine, singular], caecā [ablative, feminine, singular], caecō [ablative, neuter, singular], caecīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], caece [masculine, singular, vocative], caeca [feminine, singular, vocative], caecum [neuter, singular, vocative], caecī [masculine, singular, vocative], caecae [feminine, plural, vocative], caeca [neuter, plural, vocative], coecus [alternative], cēcus [alternative]
  1. blind
    (literally) blind (not seeing)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, literally
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-H-e-xOV7
  2. blind
    (figuratively) blind, blinded (mentally or morally)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-XTED9bWi
  3. blind
    (figuratively) blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-QqwYNsg8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15
  4. blind
    (transferred sense, botany) without buds or eyes
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-1b8J1X1j Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  5. invisible
    (literally) invisible (that cannot be seen)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, literally
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-w6n8w52E
  6. invisible
    (figuratively) invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-jpRZHtoC
  7. opaque, dark, uncertain
    (literally) opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, literally
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-3vpSppJR Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 6 16 17 9 9 25 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15
  8. opaque, dark, uncertain
    (figuratively) dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-caecus-la-adj-NFwE9EQ6 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caeco, caecum [noun] Related terms: caecitās, Caecilius

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caeco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "caecum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "ziego"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: ziego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: ziego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "ciegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: ciegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: ciegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caecum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caecum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caecum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cieu",
            "3": "ciu",
            "4": "cé",
            "5": "ci"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cieu, ciu, cé, ci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cieu, ciu, cé, ci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cæcum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: cæcum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: cæcum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cieco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cieco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cieco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "cig"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: cig",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "San Marino"
          },
          "expansion": "(San Marino)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: cig (San Marino)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cec"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cec",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cec"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cèc"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cèc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cèc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ceață"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: ceață",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: ceață"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-sro",
            "2": "tzegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Campidanese: tzegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Campidanese: tzegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-src",
            "2": "tzegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: tzegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: tzegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-nuo",
            "2": "tzecu"
          },
          "expansion": "Nuorese: tzecu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nuorese: tzecu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "ciego"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: ciego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: ciego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ciego"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ciego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ciego"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kaikos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blind, eyeless"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₂ikos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one-eyed"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cáech",
        "3": "",
        "4": "one-eyed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coecus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēcus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "caecus"
      },
      "expansion": "caecus (feminine caeca, neuter caecum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "caecus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caecitās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Caecilius"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind (not seeing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-H-e-xOV7",
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(literally) blind (not seeing)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind, blinded (mentally or morally)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-XTED9bWi",
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "blinded",
          "blinded"
        ],
        [
          "mentally",
          "mentally#English"
        ],
        [
          "morally",
          "morally#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(figuratively) blind, blinded (mentally or morally)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“And [why do] aimless fires in the clouds terrify [our] spirits, and [their] meaningless murmurs unsettle [us]?”\n(King Iarbas dares to question whether lightning and thunder truly signify Jupiter’s disapproval of human affairs.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.209–210",
          "text": "… caecīque in nūbibus ignēs / terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-QqwYNsg8",
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
        ],
        [
          "vague",
          "vague"
        ],
        [
          "indiscriminate",
          "indiscriminate"
        ],
        [
          "aimless",
          "aimless"
        ],
        [
          "meaningless",
          "meaningless"
        ],
        [
          "acting",
          "acting"
        ],
        [
          "blindly",
          "blindly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(figuratively) blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "la:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "without buds or eyes"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-1b8J1X1j",
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(transferred sense, botany) without buds or eyes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "invisible (that cannot be seen)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-w6n8w52E",
      "links": [
        [
          "invisible",
          "invisible"
        ],
        [
          "seen",
          "see#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "(literally) invisible (that cannot be seen)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-jpRZHtoC",
      "links": [
        [
          "invisible",
          "invisible"
        ],
        [
          "concealed",
          "concealed"
        ],
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "known",
          "know#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "(figuratively) invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 16 17 9 9 25 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-3vpSppJR",
      "links": [
        [
          "opaque",
          "opaque"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct#English"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight#English"
        ],
        [
          "transparent",
          "transparent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "(literally) opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 22 15 10 6 22 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 23 17 6 5 28 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caecus-la-adj-NFwE9EQ6",
      "links": [
        [
          "opaque",
          "opaque"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ],
        [
          "thick",
          "thick"
        ],
        [
          "dense",
          "dense"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct#English"
        ],
        [
          "perception",
          "perception#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "(figuratively) dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkae̯.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäe̯kʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caecus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caeco"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "caecum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "ziego"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: ziego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: ziego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "ciegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: ciegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: ciegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caecum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caecum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caecum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "cieu",
            "3": "ciu",
            "4": "cé",
            "5": "ci"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: cieu, ciu, cé, ci",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: cieu, ciu, cé, ci"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "cæcum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: cæcum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: cæcum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "cieco"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: cieco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: cieco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "cig"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: cig",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "San Marino"
          },
          "expansion": "(San Marino)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: cig (San Marino)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "cec"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: cec",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: cec"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "cèc"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: cèc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: cèc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "cego"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: cego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: cego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ceață"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: ceață",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: ceață"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-sro",
            "2": "tzegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Campidanese: tzegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Campidanese: tzegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-src",
            "2": "tzegu"
          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: tzegu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: tzegu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-nuo",
            "2": "tzecu"
          },
          "expansion": "Nuorese: tzecu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nuorese: tzecu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "ciego"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: ciego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: ciego"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ciego"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ciego",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ciego"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kaikos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "blind, eyeless"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₂ikos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one-eyed"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cáech",
        "3": "",
        "4": "one-eyed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind, eyeless”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”). Cognates include Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (haihs), Old Irish cáech (“one-eyed”), caoch (“blind”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecārum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caece",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caecae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeca",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coecus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cēcus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "caecus"
      },
      "expansion": "caecus (feminine caeca, neuter caecum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "caecus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "caecitās"
    },
    {
      "word": "Caecilius"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind (not seeing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(literally) blind (not seeing)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind, blinded (mentally or morally)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "blinded",
          "blinded"
        ],
        [
          "mentally",
          "mentally#English"
        ],
        [
          "morally",
          "morally#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "blind",
        "(figuratively) blind, blinded (mentally or morally)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“And [why do] aimless fires in the clouds terrify [our] spirits, and [their] meaningless murmurs unsettle [us]?”\n(King Iarbas dares to question whether lightning and thunder truly signify Jupiter’s disapproval of human affairs.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.209–210",
          "text": "… caecīque in nūbibus ignēs / terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "at random",
          "at random"
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        [
          "vague",
          "vague"
        ],
        [
          "indiscriminate",
          "indiscriminate"
        ],
        [
          "aimless",
          "aimless"
        ],
        [
          "meaningless",
          "meaningless"
        ],
        [
          "acting",
          "acting"
        ],
        [
          "blindly",
          "blindly"
        ]
      ],
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        "blind",
        "(figuratively) blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless, meaningless, acting blindly"
      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with transferred senses",
        "la:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blind",
        "without buds or eyes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
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        "blind",
        "(transferred sense, botany) without buds or eyes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "invisible (that cannot be seen)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invisible",
          "invisible"
        ],
        [
          "seen",
          "see#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "(literally) invisible (that cannot be seen)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known)"
      ],
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        [
          "invisible",
          "invisible"
        ],
        [
          "concealed",
          "concealed"
        ],
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "known",
          "know#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "invisible",
        "(figuratively) invisible, concealed, hidden, secret, obscure, dark (that cannot be known)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opaque",
          "opaque"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct#English"
        ],
        [
          "sight",
          "sight#English"
        ],
        [
          "transparent",
          "transparent#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "(literally) opaque (that obstructs sight; not transparent)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "literally"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opaque",
          "opaque"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ],
        [
          "thick",
          "thick"
        ],
        [
          "dense",
          "dense"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "doubtful",
          "doubtful"
        ],
        [
          "obstruct",
          "obstruct#English"
        ],
        [
          "perception",
          "perception#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "opaque, dark, uncertain",
        "(figuratively) dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure; uncertain, doubtful (that obstructs perception)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkae̯.kus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäe̯kʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.kus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːkus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caecus"
}

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