LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

oculātus

oculātus (feminine oculāta, neuter oculātum)
Classical[ɔ.kʊˈɫaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[o.kuˈlaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehaving eyes; having sight, seeing
  2. adjectiveeye-shaped
  3. adjectivevisible, conspicuous, easily seen

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoculātusoculātaoculātum
genitiveoculātīoculātaeoculātī
dativeoculātōoculātaeoculātō
accusativeoculātumoculātamoculātum
ablativeoculātōoculātāoculātō
vocativeoculāteoculātaoculātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeoculātīoculātaeoculāta
genitiveoculātōrumoculātārumoculātōrum
dativeoculātīsoculātīsoculātīs
accusativeoculātōsoculātāsoculāta
ablativeoculātīsoculātīsoculātīs
vocativeoculātīoculātaeoculāta

ŏcŭlātus, a, um, adj. oculus.
I. 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.—
B. Transf., eye-shaped: oculati circuli, Sol. 17, 8.—
2. Ornamented with stars, starred: palla, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.—
II. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin oculus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin oculātus From oculus (“eye”) + -ātus.

Descendants
  • Englishoculate
  • Italianoculato

Quick answers

What does oculātus mean in Latin?
oculātus, a adjective, means “having eyes; having sight, seeing; eye-shaped”.
How do you pronounce oculātus?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.kʊˈɫaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.kuˈlaː.tus].