occultātĭo, ōnis, f. [2. occulto], a hiding, concealing, concealment (rare but class.): aliae fugā se, aliae occultatione tutantur, by hiding themselves, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127: cujus rei nulla est occultatio, * Caes. B. G. 6, 21 fin.: in speluncā, Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 148.
Absol.: occultatione propositā, in the expectation of concealment, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73.