occurro

Latin

Etymology

From ob- (“towards; against”) + currō (“to run”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔkˈkʊr.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [okˈkur.ro]

Verb

occurrō (present infinitive occurrere, perfect active occurrī, supine occursum); third conjugation [with dative]

1. to run into; to go to meet

   Synonyms: adeo, eo, pergo, obeo, proficiscor, īnferō, aggredior, vado, gradior

2. to charge, rush to attack

   Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, oppugnō, incessō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

3. to meet, go to, come to

   Synonyms: congredior, obeō, inveniō, offendō, procēdō

4. to resist, oppose, counterattack

   Synonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

5. (figuratively) to answer, reply, especially in objection

   Synonyms: respondeo, refero

6. (figuratively) to present oneself, suggest oneself, appear, occur, especially to the mind
7. (figuratively) to reach, attain

Conjugation

   Conjugation of occurrō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	occurrō		occurris		occurrit		occurrimus		occurritis		occurrunt
	imperfect	occurrēbam		occurrēbās		occurrēbat		occurrēbāmus		occurrēbātis		occurrēbant
	future	occurram		occurrēs		occurret		occurrēmus		occurrētis		occurrent
	perfect	occurrī		occurristī		occurrit		occurrimus		occurristis		occurrērunt, occurrēre
	pluperfect	occurreram		occurrerās		occurrerat		occurrerāmus		occurrerātis		occurrerant
	future perfect	occurrerō		occurreris		occurrerit		occurrerimus		occurreritis		occurrerint
passive	present	occurror		occurreris, occurrere		occurritur		occurrimur		occurriminī		occurruntur
	imperfect	occurrēbar		occurrēbāris, occurrēbāre		occurrēbātur		occurrēbāmur		occurrēbāminī		occurrēbantur
	future	occurrar		occurrēris, occurrēre		occurrētur		occurrēmur		occurrēminī		occurrentur
	perfect	occursus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	occursus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	occursus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	occurram		occurrās		occurrat		occurrāmus		occurrātis		occurrant
	imperfect	occurrerem		occurrerēs		occurreret		occurrerēmus		occurrerētis		occurrerent
	perfect	occurrerim		occurrerīs		occurrerit		occurrerīmus		occurrerītis		occurrerint
	pluperfect	occurrissem		occurrissēs		occurrisset		occurrissēmus		occurrissētis		occurrissent
passive	present	occurrar		occurrāris, occurrāre		occurrātur		occurrāmur		occurrāminī		occurrantur
	imperfect	occurrerer		occurrerēris, occurrerēre		occurrerētur		occurrerēmur		occurrerēminī		occurrerentur
	perfect	occursus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	occursus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		occurre		—		—		occurrite		—
	future	—		occurritō		occurritō		—		occurritōte		occurruntō
passive	present	—		occurrere		—		—		occurriminī		—
	future	—		occurritor		occurritor		—		—		occurruntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		occurrere			occurrī			occurrēns			—
future		occursūrum esse			occursum īrī			occursūrus			occurrendus, occurrundus
perfect		occurrisse			occursum esse			—			occursus
future perfect		—			occursum fore			—			—
perfect potential		occursūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		occurrendī		occurrendō		occurrendum		occurrendō		occursum		occursū

Derived terms

• occursiō
• occursō
• occursor
• occursōrius
• occursus

Related terms

• occursāculum
• occursātiō
• occursātor
• occursātrix
• occursitō

Descendants

• Asturian: alcurrir, acurrir
• → Asturian: ocurrir
• → Catalan: ocórrer
• → English: occur
• → Galician: ocorrer
• → Istriot: acòri
• → Italian: occorrere
• → Middle French: occurrer
• → Portuguese: ocorrer
• → Spanish: ocurrir

References

• “occurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “occurro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “occurro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to attack the enemy in the front: adversis hostibus occurrere