occŭpo — Lewis & Short
occŭpo, āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:I
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).
I 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.—
B Transf.
1 To occupy, i. e. to take up, fill with any thing:
atrā nube polum,Hor. C. 3, 29, 44:
urbem (sc. aedificiis),Liv. 5, 55:
caementis Tyrrhenum mare,Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—
2 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.—
3 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.—
II Trop.
A 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.—
B 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.