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occento

occento · v. a

to sing at

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Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Persa 1 · 1.27/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k

What it meant

occento — Lewis & Short

occento (obc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.obcanto,

I to sing at or before, i. e.,

I To serenade a person: senem, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 66.—Absol.: quid, si adeam ad fores atque occentem? Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 57: hymenaeum, id. Cas. 4, 3, 9 (dub.; al. offundam).—

II In a bad sense, to sing a satirical song or pasquinade against any one (class.): occentassint antiqui dicebant, quod nunc convicium fecerint dicimus: quod id clare, et cum quodam canore fit, ut procul exaudiri possit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: si quis occentavisset, sive carmen condidisset, quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12 (Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 2, 9); cf. Rein's Criminalrecht, p. 357 sq.—With acc. of the place: ostium, to sing a lampoon or pasquinade before one's door, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 20; id. Merc. 2, 3, 73.—

B Transf., of birds of ill omen: bubo occentans funebria, singing dismal songs, Amm. 30, 5, 16.

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