ex-caeco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blind, make blind (rare).
I Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.—
B Transf.
1 To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds , Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.—
2 To stop up a river, a channel, etc., Ov. M. 15, 272; id. Pont. 4, 2, 17; Cels. 7, 7 fin. —*
3 To darken or dull a bright color: fulgor (argenti) excaecatus, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.—
II Trop.: oculos animosque (fama), Petr. 141, 5: formam, i. e. to render uncomely , to disfigure , id. 128, 3: nec accipies munera quae excaecant prudentes, Vulg. Exod. 23, 8.