(v. a.P. a.) : occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:
* Occupassit for occupaverit,id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a.obcapio; lit., to lay hold of; hence, to take possession of, seize, occupy any thing (esp. a place; class.; cf.: expugno, obsideo).
* Lit.: totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere atque occupare cogitat,Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: locum,id. Fin. 3, 20, 67: possessiones,id. Phil. 13, 5, 12: urbes,Liv. 33, 31: montem,Tac. A. 4, 47: portum,Hor. C. 1, 14, 2: aditum,to go in, enter,Verg. A. 6, 424: regnum,Cic. Lael. 12, 40: tyrannidem,id. Off. 3, 23, 90: familiam optimam occupavit,has got hold of, has got into,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11: occupando adquirere aliquid,Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215: vindemia occupabit sementem,shall reach to,Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.—Poet.: aliquem amplexu,to clasp in one's arms, to embrace,Ov. F. 3, 509.
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* To fall upon, attack one with any thing (syn. invado): Latagum saxo ... Occupat os faciemque adversam,Verg. A. 10, 699: aliquem gladio,id. ib. 9, 770: aliquem morsu,Ov. M. 3, 48: canes ense,Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84): ne occupet te pluvia,Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: caligo, id. Job, 3, 5.—Poet., in a friendly sense, to surprise: Volteium Philippus Vilia vendentem Occupat,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.
* To get the start of, to be beforehand with, to anticipate, to do a thing first, to outstrip: occupat egressas quamlibet ante rates,Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6: volo, tu prior ut occupes adire,that you should present yourself the first,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15: praeloqui,id. Rud. 1, 4, 18: bellum facere,to begin the war first,Liv. 1, 14: rapere oscula,Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.
* To seize, take possession of, fill, invade, engross: tantus timor omnem exercitum occupavit,Caes. B. G. 1, 39: tremor occupat artus,Ov. M. 3, 40: sopor occupat artus,Verg. G. 4, 190: animos magnitudine rei,Cic. Font. 5, 20: pallor ora,Verg. A. 4, 499.
* To take up, occupy, employ: haec causa primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cum in mentem venit tres et sexaginta annos aeque multa volumina occupasse mihi,Liv. 31, 1, 3: in funambulo Animum,Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4: contio, quae homines occupatos occupat,Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7: tanta superstitio mentis Siculorum occupavit,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to put out or lay out money: pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti,have loaned it at a high rate,id. Fl. 21, 51: pecunias apud populos,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91: pecuniam animalibus,to lay out, invest in cattle,Col. 1, 8, 13: pecuniam in pecore,id. 11, 1: argentum,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.—Pass.: ante occupatur animus ab iracundiā,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, occupied, employed, busy, engaged (class.): ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus etiam otiosi,Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: in eo, ut,Nep. Alc. 8, 1: tempora,Cic. Planc. 27, 66: qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt,id. Off. 1, 17, 57: hostibus opere occupatis,Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.—Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.—Sup.: non dubito, quin occupatissimus fueris,very much occupied,Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.

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