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Originally posted by Sazerac:
Opto or Opthalo would probably be "eye", Philip; Oculo is a derivation of "occultus", meaning the hidden, such as "occult" (hidden knowledge) or an occulation (the eclipsing of a star by a heavenly body).
-Sazerac
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I was sure it was an ablative (according to my English dictionary ablative is still used in English)from the word 'oculus'. Anyway I looked it up in my dictionary and oculus means eye. Where did you find it is a derivation?
[ 10-18-2002, 03:10 PM: Message edited by: philip ]