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, 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.