occ 
occ 
occ 
ynon the first opportunity. Id. Occasio- 
B'ein sibi ad occupimlam Asiam oblatam 
esse arbitratur. Id. Iste amplam occa- 
Slonem calumnies nactus. Id. omittere, 
or amittere ; or, Ceos, pnetermittere; or, 
Nepos. dimittere, let slip. Plin. Ep. 
avidrssime amplecti, embrace most eager¬ 
ly. Liv. ampere, to seize. Cic. captare, 
to angle for, try to get. Id. Occasio of- 
fertur, presents itself. Nepos. Occasio- 
nem dare alicui. Sueton. prreberealicui. 
Cic. Occasione data, an opportunity being 
afforded. Auct. B. Afric. Getuli, occasi¬ 
one capta, perfugiunt in Cresaris castra, 
having availed themselves of a proper op¬ 
portunity. Liv. Hrec spem fecerant cas¬ 
tra hostiumperoccasionem incendendi, 
when an opportunity should offer, upon 
some occasion. (Occasione data implies 
an oversight on the part of an oppo¬ 
nent ; per uccasionem, when an oppor¬ 
tunity offers, so that it is turned to 
account.) Sueton. Fratris inemoria per 
omnem occasionem celebrata. Id. De 
nocte ad occasionem aura; evectus est, 
the wind being fair, taking advantage of 
the wind. Id. Prostia non tantum uesti- 
nato, sed ex occasione suinebat, as op¬ 
portunity offered, as“drcumstances made it 
expedient. Id. Amorem omni occasione 
professus, on every opportunity. Senec. 
XIostes occasionibus adsilientes. Plane. 
ad Cic. Occasiones ad opitulandum ha- 
berem. — Followed by an in fin. Plaut. 
Adest occasio cumulare, &c.-11 Al¬ 
so, an opportunity of having something, 
facility, feasibleness. Tacit, solitudinis. 
-11 Also, opportunity of having some¬ 
thing, h. e. supply. Plin. Si vetusti olei 
non sit occasio. —-IT Also, an apt way of 
getting out of difficulty, a seemly pretence. 
Quintil. 
DCCaSIuNCuLX (dimin. from occasio), 
3 re, f. Plaut. In eapse occasiuncula. 
OCCaSOS, a, um, particip. from occido. 
It seems to be used only with sol. 
oCCASnS (occido), us, m. a going down 
or setting of the heavenly bodies, fiveis- 
Virg. Multi ante occasum Maire ccepe- 
re. Cces. Solis occasu, at sunset. Id. 
Sub occasum Solis, towards sunset. 
Sallust. Equites pariter cum occasu So¬ 
lis educit. — Hence, sunset, evening. 
Tacit. Pnecipiti in occasum die. — Al¬ 
so, the quarter of the sun's setting, the 
west. Cais. Aquitania spectat inter oc¬ 
casum Solis, et septemtriones. Virg. 
Ah occasu veniens imber.- IT Also, 
the downfall, destruction, fall, end. Cic. 
reipublicre. Id. Obitus occasusque nos- 
ter, A. e. my banishment. —Hence, death. 
Cic. and Nepos. alicujus. — Figur. 
Quintil. dccl. odii, the termination, when 
it is laid aside.-IT In the sense of 
occasio. Enn. ap. Test. 
oCCaTIO (occo), onis, f. a harrowing or 
breaking of clods, fiwXoKonia. Cic. 
OCCaToR (Id.), oris, m. a borrower. Co- 
13 lum. — Figur. Plaut. Sator, messor, 
occator scelerum. 
OCCaToRIOS (occator), a, um, adj. 6 c- 
3 longing to a borrower or harrowing. 
Colum. 
OCCeDS (ob & cedo), is, essi, essuni, n. 
3 3. to go or to go towards or to meet. 
Plaut. in conspectum illius. Id. Obvi- 
ani occessit mihi. 
OCCeNSOS, or oBCeNSOS (ob & cando, 
3 obsol.), a, um, particip. li. e. accensus, 
combustus. Enn. ap. Fest. 
OCCeNTaTIS, onis, same as Occentus. 
Symmach. 
oCCENTO (ob & canto), as, avi, atum, n. 
3 and a. 1 . to sing before, at or against. 
Plaut. At illi noctu occentabunt ostium, 
exurent fores. Id. Quid si adeam ad 
fores, atque occentem? -If Trans. 
to sing, of an ill-omened bird. Ammian. 
Bubo occentans funebria. 
OCCeNTOS (occino), us, m. a singing; 
2 hence, a crying, squeaking, applied to an 
ill-boding animal. Plin. 
OCCEPSO. See Occipio. 3 
6 CCEPT 8 , as,avi,atum. n. 1. frequentat. 
3 from occipio. Plant. 
0CCHi, ovum, m. according to Oncsicritus 
in Plin. 12, 8 , sect. 18, a kind of tree in 
Ilyrcania resembling the fig-tree, from 
which honey flows early in the morning; 
perhaps the manna-sainfoin (Iledysarum 
Albagi, L.). 
oCCTDaNECS, a, um, adj. same as Occi- 
3 dentalis. Innoc. 
6 CCIDENS, tis, particip. from occido. 
-IT Subst. niasc. (sc. sol), the west, 
the quarter of the setting sun. Cic. Ab 
oriente ad occidentem. Colum. Occi- 
dens restivus, the part of the heavens 
where the sun sets in summer. 
OCCIDeNTaLIS (occidens), e, adj. 6 c- 
2 longing to the west, western, westerly. 
Oell. ventus, west wind. 
oCCiDIS (occido), onis, f. a destroying 
1 utterly, extirpation, extermination, avai- 
pc<ns. Liv. Ne in occidione victoriam 
poneret. Colum. Nec ad occidionem 
gens (apum) interimenda est, entirely, 
root and branch. — So, Occidione occi- 
dere, to destroy by slaying, cut off quite. 
Liv. exercitum. Cic. equitatum. 
5CCIDIUM, ii, n. same as Occidio, in- 
3 teritus. Prudent. The antepenult is 
found short in Prudent. (Al. leg. exci- 
dium.) 
5CCID5 (ob credo), is, cidi, clsum, a. 
3. to beat or belabor soundly. Tercnt. 
Ctesipho me pugnis usque occidit.- 
IT Oftener, to kill, slay, cut down, cut off, 
diroKTcivM, dvaipeoo. pic. L. Virginius 
filiani sua manu occidit. Id. Quum 
copias hostium profligarit, occiderit. 
Cces. Ipse pro castris fortissime pugnan 3 
occiditur. Sueton. Veneno aliquem oc- 
cidere. — Hence, to plague to death, tor¬ 
ment, wear out. Ilorat. Candide JYIrece- 
nas, occidis srepe rogando. Id. Quern 
occidit legendo. ——IT Also, to ruin, 
undo. Terent. Occidisti me_ tuis fal- 
laciis. 
5CCID5 (ob & cado), is, cidi, casum, n. 
3. to fall, fall down, Karan'cnro). Plaut. 
Signa de crelo ad terram occidunt. Liv. 
Ut alii super alios occiderent.-IT Of 
the heavenly bodies, to go down, set, 
Karadvoi. Catull. Soles occidere, et 
redire possunt. Colum. Capra occidit 
mane. Hence, Liv. Sol occidens, h. e. 
sundown, sunset. For this is also found, 
Sol occasus. Plaut. and Oell. -IT Al¬ 
so, to fall, perish, come to its end, die, be 
extinguished. Cic. Refrigerato et ex- 
stincto calore, occidimus ipsi et exstin- 
guimur. Id. Illos vereor, qui in bello 
occiderunt. Virg. Occiderit ferro Pri- 
amus ? Sallust. Hostium srevitia eum 
occasurum. Ovid. Occidit a forti 
Achille, by the hand of. Cic. Ut liic or- 
natus (mundi) nunquam dilapsus occi- 
dat. Id Ne sacrorum memoria occide- 
ret. Lucret. Oculorum lumen occidit. 
Cic. Vita occidens, the evening or sun¬ 
set of life. Petron. Lucernis occidenti- 
bus, going out. -IT Also, to sink, fall, 
go to wreck or ruin, be lost. Cic. Sin 
plane occidimus. Virg. Funditus oc¬ 
cidimus. Cic. Eos sua stuititia occi- 
disse. Plaut. Occidit spes nostra. Lu¬ 
cret. Causa occidit, li. e. is removed, no 
longer exists. Plaut. Non hercle occi¬ 
derunt mihi etiam fundique, atque 
redes, li. e. non omnino amisi: habeo 
etiamnum. Terent. Ipsum video : oc- 
cidi, I am a dead man; I am ruined; I 
am lost; ’tis all over with me. 
5CCID0aLIS (occiduus), e, adj. occiden- 
3 tal, western. Prudent. 
oCCIDuOS (occido), a, um, adj. setting or 
going down. Oell. Sole occiduo, at sun¬ 
set. Also, Ovid, sol, and dies, the west. 
Calpurn. Metere occidua nocte lupinos. 
— Figur. Ovid. Occidu® iter declive se- 
nectre, h. e. next to death. — Also, west¬ 
ern. Ovid. Prreceps occiduas ille snbi- 
vit aquas, the western sea. Stat. Occi¬ 
duas, primasque domos, h. e. regiones 
occidentales, et orientaies. Calp. Occi- 
dufe aren®, h. e. of a western river (the 
Bretis).-IT Also, ready to fall, frail, 
perishable: Occiduum , frailty, perisha¬ 
bleness. Paul. Nol. 
oCCILLS (seems to be from occo), as, 
3 a. 1. to beat to pieces, maul to pieces. 
Plaut. os alicui (si lectio certa). 
5CCTN5 (ob & cano), is, nui, n. 3. to 
2 sing or chirp inauspiciously, KraraJco. 
Liv. -IT Simply, to sing. Apul. 
5CCIPI5 (ob & capio), is, cepi, ceptum, 
2 a. and n. 3. to commence, begin. Lucret. 
Juventas occipjt. Terent. Dolores oc- 
cipiunt. Id. Occipere qurestum. Id. 
sennonem cum aliquo. — With ivfin. 
Plaut. Si liber fieri occeperim. — Hence, 
592 
to begin, to enter upon. Liv. and TaciL 
magistratum. -IT The passive also 
is used. Plaut. Quod occepturn est_. 
Followed by in fin. pass. Terent. Fabu- 
la occepta est agi. -II Occepso, is, 
it,/or occepero, &c. Plaut. -IT The 
perf. is written also with w, as if from 
capi. Tacit. Occoepit. Plaut. Occog- 
perit. -IT Also, to begin, undertake. 
Terent. 
OCCIPITIUM (occiput), ii, n. the occiput 
2 or hinder part of the head, iviov. Vurr. 
and Plaut. 
oCCIPOT (ob & caput), pTtis, n. same as 
3 Occipitium. Pens. 
OCCISI5 (occido), onis, f. a slaying, mur¬ 
der, epdvos. Cic. -IT For occidio, ut¬ 
ter destroying, extirpation. Cic. Occisi- 
one occidere copias, to beat so complete¬ 
ly, that few or none escaped. 
oCCISITaNTOR, h. e. srepe occiduntur. 
C. Gracchus ap. Fest. 
oCCISOR (occido), oris, m. a killer, slayer, 
3 urfivrrjS. Plaut. 
oCCISoRIOS (occisor), a, um, adj. Ter. 
3 lull, animalia, which can be slaughtered, 
for sacrifice. 
oCCISdS, a, um, particip. from occido. 
-IT Adj. ruined, lost, undone. Plaut. 
Occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt. 
oCCLaMIT 5 (ob & clamito), as, n.i. to 
3 cry out to or against, disturb by crying. 
Plaut. 
oCCLAUDB, oroBCLAUDS (ob& clau- 
3 do), is, a. 3. same as Oceludo. Cod. 
Theod. 
oCCLuDS (ob & claudo), is, usi, usum, 
a. 3 . to shut or shut against, shut up, shut 
close, t-rriKXeiw. Cic. Ut seditiosi tri- 
buni solent, occludi tabernas jubes. 
Plaut. Occlude ostium: et ego hinc 
occludam. Id. Me occludet domi. Id. 
Abiit intro, occlusit redes. — Figur. to 
shut up, stop. Plaut. linguam alicui, 
stop his tongue. Terent. Ejus lubido 
occlusa est contumeliis. Apul. aures, 
to close the ears, give no ear. -ir Oc- 
clusti, for occlusisti. Plaut. 
oCCLuSOS, a, um, particip. from occludo. 
- IT Adj. slmt up. Plaut. Ostium 
occlusissimum. — Figur. Plaut. Qui 
occlusiorem habeant stultiloquentiam. 
oCC5 (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. and a. 1. 
to harrow or break clods, PooXoKOirtio. 
Plaut. Tibi aras, tibi occas. — With ac- 
cus. to harrow. Horat. segetes. Plin. 
triticum. Colum. agrum. — Also, Var- 
ro. Occare vites, h. c. to break up and 
level the ground which has been dug up. 
So, PaHlad. Arbores et vites, qure 
ablaqueat® fuerant, occare, A. e. ope- 
rire. 
oCCOENS, or 6BC0EN5 (ob & cceno), as, 
3n. 1. same as Cano. Petron. fragm. de 
iumbo. 
0 CCCEP 1 . See Occipio, at the end. 2 
oCCOBITDS (occumbo), us, m. death. 
3 ITieron. 
0CC0B5 (ob & cubo), as, n. 1. to lie, rest, 
3 especially of the buried. Virg. Tumu- 
!o occubat Hector. Id. Neque adhuc cru- 
delibus occubat umbris, A. e. is dead. 
-IT OcCubui and occubitum belong 
more properly to occumbo. 
5CC0LC5 (ob & calco), as, avi, atum, a. 
21 . to tread down, trample down, uamita- 
tcw. Varro. Palea occulcata pedibus. 
Cato. Bene occulcato. 
CC0L5 (unc.), is,ului, ultum, a.3. tore- 
move from sight , cover over , hide conceal , 
KahviTTO). Cic. Appii vulnera non re- 
frico: sed apparent., nec occuli pos¬ 
sunt. Id. Feminre parietum umbris 
occuluntur, conceal themselves. Nepos. 
Sperans ibi facillime suam fortunam 
occuli posse, he kept secret or j>rivate. 
Liv. Hastatos anfractus viarum occule- 
bant. Virg. Virgulta multa occule ter¬ 
ra. Tacit. Quorum neutrum adsevera : 
verim: neque tamen occulere debui 
narratum ab iis, qui, &c. pass over in 
silence, pass by, omit. - IT Occuleia , 
for occuluerat. Val. Flacc. -" *- ee > 
also, Occultus, a, um. 
iCCuLTATra (occulto), onis, f. abiding , 
concealing, KaraKpvipis. Cic. All® ***■ 
ga se, alia; occultatione tutantur, s 
hiding themselves. Id. Apt occulta- 
one proposita, aut impunitate. vu 
stellarum. .. 
iCCOLTaT&R (Id.), oris, m. a huicr, 
