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Latin
Etymology
Derived from ob- (“towards; against”) + currō (“I run”).
Pronunciation
Verb
occurrō (present infinitive occurrere, perfect active occurrī, supine occursum); third conjugation
- to run into; to go to meet
- Synonyms: adeo, eo, pergo, obeo, proficiscor, īnferō, aggredior, vado, gradior
- 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
- to meet, go to, come to
- Synonyms: congredior, obeō, inveniō, offendō, procedō
- to resist, oppose, counterattack
- Synonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
- (figuratively) to answer, reply, especially in objection
- Synonyms: respondeo, refero
- (figuratively) to present oneself, suggest oneself, appear, occur, especially to the mind
- (figuratively) to reach, attain
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to attack the enemy in the front: adversis hostibus occurrere