oculitus

From oculus (“eye”) + -tus (“-ly”).

oculitus (not comparable)

1. (figuratively) as dear as one's own eyes
   • Nonius, De compendiosa doctrina 147, (citing Plautus):

     oculitus ut animitus, medullitus. Plautus corni "qui amánt ancillam meam Phedulium oculitus"

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   • Festus, De Verborum Significatione 179:

     oculitus quoque dicitur, ut funditus, penitus, quo significatur tam carum esse quam oculum

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Only attested in dictionaries. Nonius's entry for the word gives a usage example attributed to Plautus' lost play Cornicula.

• “oculitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oculitus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.