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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of occupō (“occupy”).
Participle
occupātus (feminine occupāta, neuter occupātum, superlative occupātissimus); first/second-declension participle
- occupied, filled, having been taken up.
- seized, invaded, having been taken possession of.
- anticipated, having been anticipated.
- employed, made use of, having been made use of.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “occupatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occupatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occupatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the busy life of a statesman: vita occupata (vid. sect. VII. 2)
- (ambiguous) to be engaged upon a matter: occupatum esse in aliqua re