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|lshtext=<b>ŏcŭlātus</b>: a, um, adj. [[oculus]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., furnished [[with]] or having eyes, [[seeing]] ([[mostly]] [[ante]]-[[class]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): pluris est [[oculatus]] [[testis]] [[unus]] [[quam]] auriti [[decem]], an [[eye]]-[[witness]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 8; cf. [[inspectio]], Arn. 2, 48: [[Clodius]] [[male]] [[oculatus]], whose [[sight]] [[was]] [[bad]], Suet. Rhet. 5: duobus luminibus, Cassiod. Var. 1, 4: [[aedis]] patulis [[oculata]] fenestris, Ven. Fort. Carm. 3, 7, 47.—Comp.: oculatior [[deus]], [[that]] has [[better]] [[sight]], Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[eye]]-shaped: oculati circuli, Sol. 17, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ornamented [[with]] stars, starred: [[palla]], Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.—<br /><b>II</b> That strikes the [[eye]], [[exposed]] to [[view]], [[conspicuous]], [[visible]]: ne [[βαθύτης]] mea in scribendo [[sit]] oculatior (al. occultior), Cic. Att. 4, 6, 3 Orell. N. cr.: oculatissimus [[locus]], S. C. ap. Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 24: oculatā [[die]] vendere, to [[sell]] on a [[visible]] [[pay]]-[[day]], i. e. for [[cash]] (opp. caecā [[die]]), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.