LAT
praeoccupo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1, (class., but not in Cic., since praecepit is the true read., Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 2).
* To seize upon, to take possession of or occupy beforehand, to preoccupy.
* Lit.: hic ne intrare posset saltum, Datames praeoccupare studuit,Nep. Dat. 7, 2: Macedoniam,id. Eum. 2, 4: loca opportuna,Liv. 44, 3; 35, 28; 42, 47: iter,Caes. B. C. 3, 13: Asiam,Vell. 2, 69, 2; cf.: praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio,Caes. B. C. 2, 17.
* To anticipate, prevent: ne alter alterum praeoccuparet,Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With obj.clause (like the simpler occupare): legem de multarum aestimatione ipsi praeoccupaverunt ferre,hastened to bring the bill sooner before the people,Liv. 4, 30, 3.
* Trop.: animos timor praeoccupaverat,Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 3: hilaritas praeoccupaverat mentes,Petr. 113: praeoccupati beneficio animi,i. e. won over beforehand,Liv. 6, 20, 10: aures,id. 38, 10.
* To seize upon, to take possession of or occupy beforehand, to preoccupy.
* Lit.: hic ne intrare posset saltum, Datames praeoccupare studuit,Nep. Dat. 7, 2: Macedoniam,id. Eum. 2, 4: loca opportuna,Liv. 44, 3; 35, 28; 42, 47: iter,Caes. B. C. 3, 13: Asiam,Vell. 2, 69, 2; cf.: praeoccupatum sese legatione ab Cn. Pompeio,Caes. B. C. 2, 17.
* To anticipate, prevent: ne alter alterum praeoccuparet,Nep. Dion, 4, 1.—With obj.clause (like the simpler occupare): legem de multarum aestimatione ipsi praeoccupaverunt ferre,hastened to bring the bill sooner before the people,Liv. 4, 30, 3.
* Trop.: animos timor praeoccupaverat,Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 3: hilaritas praeoccupaverat mentes,Petr. 113: praeoccupati beneficio animi,i. e. won over beforehand,Liv. 6, 20, 10: aures,id. 38, 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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