oc-curro — Lewis & Short
oc-curro (obc-), curri, rarely cucurri (
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 88; Phaedr. 3, 7, 2), cursum, 3 (archaicI perf. occecurri, like memordi, peposci, Aelius Tubero ap. Gell. 7, 9, 11), v. n., to run up to, run to meet; to go or come up to, to go or come to meet, to meet (class.; syn. obvenio).
I Lit.
1 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.—
2 In partic., to go against, rush upon, attack an enemy:
duabus Fabianis legionibus occurrit,Caes. B. C. 1, 40:
armatis,id. ib. 2, 27:
telis occurrere,Verg. A. 11, 808:
obvius adversoque occurrit,id. ib. 10, 734.—
B Transf.
1 To come to, meet, fall in with any thing:
quibuscumque signis occurrerat, se aggregabat,Caes. B. G. 4, 26:
tot vatibus,Juv. 1, 18.—
2 To go or come to any place.
(a) With dat.:
concilio,Liv. 31, 29. —
(b) With ad:
legati ad id concilium occurrerunt,Liv. 31, 29.—
(g) With in and acc.:
in aliam civitatem occurrere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 27, § 67.—
3 Of situation.
(a) To stand or lie opposite to:
apud Elegiam occurrit ei (Euphrati) Taurus mons,Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84.—
(b) To lie in the way of, meet as an obstacle:
in asperis locis silex saepe impenetrabilis ferro occurrebat,Liv. 36, 25, 4.—
II Trop.
A 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.—
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.—
B 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.—
C 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.—
D To reach, attain (eccl. Lat.):
donec occurramus in unitatem fidei,Vulg. Eph. 4, 13:
si quo modo occurram ad resurrectionem,id. Phil. 3, 11.