occurro
Latin
Etymology
Derived from ob- (“towards; against”) + currō (“I 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]
- to run into; to go to meet
- to charge, rush to attack
- to meet, go to, come to
- Synonyms: congredior, obeō, inveniō, offendō, procēdō
- to resist, oppose, counterattack
- (figuratively) to answer, reply, especially in objection
- (figuratively) to present oneself, suggest oneself, appear, occur, especially to the mind
- (figuratively) to reach, attain
Conjugation
Conjugation of occurrō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
Related terms
- occursāculum
- occursātiō
- occursātor
- occursātrix
- occursitō
Descendants
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