I.v. freq. n. [occurro], to run, go, or come to meet; to meet (not in Cic.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “alios occursantes interficere,” Sall. J. 12, 5: “occursare capro ... caveto,” beware of meeting, Verg. E. 9, 24: “fugientibus,” Tac. A. 3, 20.— “Of things: occursantes inter se radices,” Plin. 16, 2, 2, § 6.—
B. In partic.
1. To rush against or upon, to attack, charge; to strive against, oppose: “occursat ocius gladio,” Caes. B. G. 5, 44: “inter invidos, occursantes, factiosos,” opposing, Sall. J. 85, 3: “fortissimus quisque et promptissimus ad occursandum pugnandumque,” Gell. 3, 7, 6. —
2. To come to or towards: “quid tu huc occursas,” Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 27.—
II. Trop.
A. To be beforehand with, to anticipate: “fortunae,” Plin. Pan. 25, 5.—
B. To appear before, present one's self to: “numinibus,” Plin. Pan. 81, 1.—
2. Esp., to appear to the mind; to suggest itself, enter the thoughts, occur to one; with or without animo; also with acc. of the person: “occursant animo scripta,” Plin. Ep. 5, 5, 7: “occursant verba,” id. ib. 2, 3, 2: “me occursant multae, meminisse hau possum,” occur to me, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 56.
