occurro

Latin

Etymology

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

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, procedō

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

Usage notes

+ dat.

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		occurrere	occurrisse	occursūrum esse	occurrī	occursum esse	occursum īrī
participles		occurrēns	—	occursūrus	—	occursus	occurrendus, occurrundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		occurrendī	occurrendō	occurrendum	occurrendō	occursum	occursū

Derived terms

• occursiō
• occursor
• occursus
• occursō
• occursōrius

 

Related terms

• occursitō
• occursāculum
• occursātiō
• occursātor
• occursātrix

 

Descendants

• Catalan: ocórrer
• English: occur
• Galician: ocorrer
• 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