occurro
Latin
Etymology
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Derived from ob- (“towards; against”) + currō (“I run”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈkur.roː/, [ɔkˈkʊrːoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈkur.ro/, [okˈkurːo]
Verb
occurrō (present infinitive occurrere, perfect active occurrī, supine occursum); third conjugation
- I run to; I go to meet.
- I charge, rush to attack.
- I meet, go to, come to.
- I resist, oppose, counterattack.
- (figuratively) I answer, reply, especially in objection.
- (figuratively) I present myself, suggest myself, appear, occur, especially to the mind.
- (figuratively) I reach, attain.
Conjugation
Usage notes
+ dat.
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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
- to attack the enemy in the front: adversis hostibus occurrere