occurso — Lewis & Short
occurso, āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. freq. n. [occurro], to run, go, or come to meet; to meet (not in Cic.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
alios occursantes interficere,Sall. J. 12, 5:
occursare capro ... caveto,beware of meeting, Verg. E. 9, 24:
fugientibus,Tac. A. 3, 20.—
Of things: occursantes inter se radices,Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6.—
B In partic.
1 To rush against or upon, to attack, charge; to strive against, oppose:
occursat ocius gladio,Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
inter invidos, occursantes, factiosos,opposing, Sall. J. 85, 3:
fortissimus quisque et promptissimus ad occursandum pugnandumque,Gell. 3, 7, 6. —
2 To come to or towards:
quid tu huc occursas,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 27.—
II Trop.
A To be beforehand with, to anticipate:
fortunae,Plin. Pan. 25, 5.—
B To appear before, present one's self to:
numinibus,Plin. Pan. 81, 1.—
2 Esp., to appear to the mind; to suggest itself, enter the thoughts, occur to one; with or without animo; also with acc. of the person:
occursant animo scripta,Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 7:
occursant verba,id. ib. 2, 3, 2:
me occursant multae, meminisse hau possum,occur to me, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 56.