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occo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. root ac, acuo; cf. Germ. eggen, to harrow,
I.to harrow: occare et occatorem Verrius dictum putat ab occaedendo, quod caedat grandis globos terrae: cum Cicero venustissime dicat ab occaecando fruges satas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: “segetes,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161: “silicia et phasioli occantur tantum,Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.—Absol.: “nam semper occant prius quam sarriunt rustici,Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 5. —Of vineyards, to break up and level the ground which has been dug up: “occare, id est comminuere,Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Pall. 6, 4, 1.
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    • Plautus, Captivi, 3.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.21
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