Lewis & Short

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caecĭtas, ātis, f. [caecus], blindness.

  1. I. Lit. (rare but in good prose), Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113; 5, 38, 111; id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 149; 12, 8, 18, § 34.
  2. II. Trop.: furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: in furore animi et caecitate, id. Dom. 50, 129: mentis, id. ib. 40, 105; cf.: an tibi luminis obesset caecitas plus quam libidinis, id. Har. Resp. 18, 38.