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(verb) : occo, āvi, ātum, 1, root ac, acuo; cf. Germ. eggen, to harrow
* To harrow: occare et occatorem Verrius dictum putat ab occaedendo, quod caedat grandis globos terrae: cum Cicero venustissime dicat ab occaecando fruges satas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: segetes,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161: silicia et phasioli occantur tantum,Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.—Absol.: nam semper occant prius quam sarriunt rustici,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 5. —Of vineyards, to break up and level the ground which has been dug up: occare, id est comminuere,Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Pall. 6, 4, 1.
* To harrow: occare et occatorem Verrius dictum putat ab occaedendo, quod caedat grandis globos terrae: cum Cicero venustissime dicat ab occaecando fruges satas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: segetes,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161: silicia et phasioli occantur tantum,Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.—Absol.: nam semper occant prius quam sarriunt rustici,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 5. —Of vineyards, to break up and level the ground which has been dug up: occare, id est comminuere,Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Pall. 6, 4, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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