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(verb) : oc-curro (obc-), curri, rarely cucurri (Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 88; Phaedr. 3, 7, 2), cursum, 3 (archaic
* Perf. occecurri, like memordi, peposci, Aelius Tubero ap. Gell. 7, 9, 11), , to run up to, run to meet; to go or come up to, to go or come to meet, to meet (class.; syn. obvenio).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ilico Occucurri atque interpello,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 88: Caesari venienti,Caes. B. G. 3, 79: obviam alicui,to go to meet,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 30: amicis,Hor. S. 1, 4, 135; Suet. Calig. 4.—Impers.: occurritur (sc. mihi),Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* To come to, meet, fall in with any thing: quibuscumque signis occurrerat, se aggregabat,Caes. B. G. 4, 26: tot vatibus,Juv. 1, 18.
* To go or come to any place.
* With dat.: concilio,Liv. 31, 29.
* Of situation.
* With in and acc.: in aliam civitatem occurrere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67.
* To stand or lie opposite to: apud Elegiam occurrit ei (Euphrati) Taurus mons,Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.
* To lie in the way of, meet as an obstacle: in asperis locis silex saepe impenetrabilis ferro occurrebat,Liv. 36, 25, 4.
* To obviate or seek to obviate, to meet, resist, oppose, counteract: omnibus ejus consiliis occurri atque obstiti,Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16: illi rationi,id. Fat. 18, 41: malevolentiae hominum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 2.
* To cure or attempt to cure; to relieve, remedy: venienti occurrite morbo,Pers. 3, 64: exspectationi,Cic. Clu. 23, 63: rei sapientiā occurrere,id. Fam. 4, 5, 6; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1.
* To meet with words, i. e. to answer, reply, object: ut si dicenti, Quem video? ita occurras, ego,Quint. 1, 5, 36: Venus,Val. Fl. 7, 222.—Impers. pass.: occurretur enim, sicut occursum est,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44: occurritur autem nobis, et quidem a doctis et eruditis, etc., id. Off. 2, 2, 6.
* To offer or present itself, suggest itself, appear, occur: tu occurrebas dignus eo munere,Cic. Sen. 1, 2: nec tamen mihi quicquam occurrit cur, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49; 1, 22, 51: Atheniensium classis demersae et exercitus deleti occurrebant,Liv. 25, 24, 12; cf.: ea cum universa occurrerent animo,id. 25, 24, 12, § 14: oculis ejus tot paludes occurrerent,Col. 2, 2: oras ad Eurum sequentibus nihil memorabile occurrit,Mel. 3, 9, 3: animo,presents itself to his mind, occurs to him,Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 104; cf.: ea quae occurrant,id. ib. 2, 54, 221: una defensio occurrit, quod muneribus tuis obniti non debui,Tac. A. 14, 53: cogitationi, quonam modo, etc.,Plin. 29, 1, 1, § 2: neque vos paeon, aut herous ille conturbet: ipsi occurrent orationi,will present themselves,Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191: haec tenenda sunt oratori: saepe enim occurrunt,often occur,id. Or. 32, 115: quodcumque in mentem veniat, aut quodcumque occurrat,id. Fin. 4, 17, 47: ne quid honestum occurreret,Tac. Agr. 2.— With inf.: occurrit et aliqua dicere de magicis (herbis),it seems proper,Plin. 24, 17, 99, § 156.
* To reach, attain (eccl. Lat.): donec occurramus in unitatem fidei,Vulg. Eph. 4, 13: si quo modo occurram ad resurrectionem,id. Phil. 3, 11.
* Perf. occecurri, like memordi, peposci, Aelius Tubero ap. Gell. 7, 9, 11), , to run up to, run to meet; to go or come up to, to go or come to meet, to meet (class.; syn. obvenio).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ilico Occucurri atque interpello,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 88: Caesari venienti,Caes. B. G. 3, 79: obviam alicui,to go to meet,Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 30: amicis,Hor. S. 1, 4, 135; Suet. Calig. 4.—Impers.: occurritur (sc. mihi),Cic. Att. 2, 22, 3.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* To come to, meet, fall in with any thing: quibuscumque signis occurrerat, se aggregabat,Caes. B. G. 4, 26: tot vatibus,Juv. 1, 18.
* To go or come to any place.
* With dat.: concilio,Liv. 31, 29.
* Of situation.
* With in and acc.: in aliam civitatem occurrere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67.
* To stand or lie opposite to: apud Elegiam occurrit ei (Euphrati) Taurus mons,Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.
* To lie in the way of, meet as an obstacle: in asperis locis silex saepe impenetrabilis ferro occurrebat,Liv. 36, 25, 4.
* To obviate or seek to obviate, to meet, resist, oppose, counteract: omnibus ejus consiliis occurri atque obstiti,Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16: illi rationi,id. Fat. 18, 41: malevolentiae hominum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11, 2.
* To cure or attempt to cure; to relieve, remedy: venienti occurrite morbo,Pers. 3, 64: exspectationi,Cic. Clu. 23, 63: rei sapientiā occurrere,id. Fam. 4, 5, 6; Nep. Pelop. 1, 1.
* To meet with words, i. e. to answer, reply, object: ut si dicenti, Quem video? ita occurras, ego,Quint. 1, 5, 36: Venus,Val. Fl. 7, 222.—Impers. pass.: occurretur enim, sicut occursum est,Cic. Ac. 2, 14, 44: occurritur autem nobis, et quidem a doctis et eruditis, etc., id. Off. 2, 2, 6.
* To offer or present itself, suggest itself, appear, occur: tu occurrebas dignus eo munere,Cic. Sen. 1, 2: nec tamen mihi quicquam occurrit cur, etc.,id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49; 1, 22, 51: Atheniensium classis demersae et exercitus deleti occurrebant,Liv. 25, 24, 12; cf.: ea cum universa occurrerent animo,id. 25, 24, 12, § 14: oculis ejus tot paludes occurrerent,Col. 2, 2: oras ad Eurum sequentibus nihil memorabile occurrit,Mel. 3, 9, 3: animo,presents itself to his mind, occurs to him,Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 104; cf.: ea quae occurrant,id. ib. 2, 54, 221: una defensio occurrit, quod muneribus tuis obniti non debui,Tac. A. 14, 53: cogitationi, quonam modo, etc.,Plin. 29, 1, 1, § 2: neque vos paeon, aut herous ille conturbet: ipsi occurrent orationi,will present themselves,Cic. de Or. 3, 49, 191: haec tenenda sunt oratori: saepe enim occurrunt,often occur,id. Or. 32, 115: quodcumque in mentem veniat, aut quodcumque occurrat,id. Fin. 4, 17, 47: ne quid honestum occurreret,Tac. Agr. 2.— With inf.: occurrit et aliqua dicere de magicis (herbis),it seems proper,Plin. 24, 17, 99, § 156.
* To reach, attain (eccl. Lat.): donec occurramus in unitatem fidei,Vulg. Eph. 4, 13: si quo modo occurram ad resurrectionem,id. Phil. 3, 11.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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