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OCCORS5 (freqnentat. from occurro), as 
avi, alum, n. 1. to go to meet, meet, fall 
in with, run in the way of, hit upon, anau- 
rau. Virg. Occursare capro caveto. 
Tacit. Promptus inter tela occursat fu- 
gientibus. — Of inanimate things. Pint. 
Occursantes inter se radices. — Hence, 
to run to meet, rush upon, attack. Cits. 
— Also, to meet, be beforehand with, obvi¬ 
ate. Plin. Paneg. fortune. — Also, to 
oppose, strive against, make opposition. 
Sallust. Inter invidos, occursantes. - 
II Also, to come to, come up. Plaut. 
Quid tu hue occursas, quotiescumque, 
&c. Liv. portis. — Hence, to appear 
before, present one’s self. Plin. Paneg. 
numinibus. — Especially, to appear to 
the mind, suggest itself, enter the thoughts, 
occur. Plin. Ep. Occursat animo mea 
mortalitas. Id: Occursant verba. — 
With accus. Plaut. Me occursant liiul- 
tie. 
OCOuRSGR (occurro), oris, m. h. e. qui 
3occurrit. Augustin. 
oCCuRSoRIDS (occursor), a, urn, adj. 
3 Apul. potio, h. c. before the meal, an early 
cup, antepast; called, also, prumulsis. 
OCCuRSOS (occurro),' us, m. a meeting, 
2 running to meet, hitting upon, falling in 
with. Ovid. Mille lupi occursu fecere 
metum. Tacit. Occursum alicujus vi- 
tare. — Of inanimate things. Plin. 
(of a labyrinth). Itinerum ambages, 
occursusque ac recursus inexplicabiles. 
Ovid. Rota stipitis occursu fracta. 
5CEXN0S (’ilKa vis), h m - the ocean or 
main sea. Cic. — Mare Oceanum is 
found in Coes, in the accus. and in Tacit. 
in the nom., so that, in the latter at least, 
it is an adj. — According to the fable, 
Oceanus was the son of Ccelus and 
Terra, and husband of Tethys.— Hence, 
Oceanltis, idis, f. daughter of Oceanus. 
Virg. -IT Also, a great bathing-tub or 
other receptacle of the kind. Lamprid. 
_IT Also, the name of a lictor or via¬ 
tor. Martial. 
OCeLLX (ocellus), s, m. that has small 
2 eyes; also, a Roman family name. Plin. 
and Cic. 
OCeLLaTOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. having 
2 little eyes. Sueton. Ocellatis (sc. lapillts) 
ludere, h. e. with small stones, marked 
with spots or eyes, like dice ; unless it 
be small round stones, like eyes, marbles. 
OCELLuS (dimin. from oculus), i, m. a 
1 little eye, an eye (fondly, or to denote 
excellence), o^SuX/udin v, oppariiiov. 
Plaut. Ut in ocellis hilaritudo est 1 Ca- 
tull. Mea; puella; fiendo turgiduli rubent 
oce Ui. — Figur. of something excellent 
or charming. Cic. Ocellos Italiae, vil- 
lulas nostras. Catnlt. Sirmio, insula- 
rum ocelle, the paragon, the paradise. — 
As a word of endearment. Plaut. 
Ocelle mi, the light of my eyes, my dar- 
linir. - ir Also, an eye, generally. 
Propert. Intentis hasrebam fixus ocellis. 
_IT From the resemblance, the bulk 
or knob on the roots of the reed, called, 
also, oculus. Plin. 
OCIIRA (coxpa), f - ochre or an 
earth which gives a yellow color. Vitruv. 
OCIMUM (wKipov), i, n. a plant, common 
basil (ocimum basilicum, L.). Plin. 
oCINUM (wkivov), also, OdMUM, or 
OCyMUM, i, n. an herb which serves for 
fodder, perhaps, a sort of clover. Varr. 
and Cato. 
oCIOR (iukUov), oris, adj. comp, (and 
2 ocissimus, a, um, superl. wkiotos), 
swifter, more swift or fleet. Virg. lugit 
ilia ocior ventis. Plin. Signa ociore 
transeunt spatio, shorter. Id. Omnium 
venenorum ocissimum est aconitum, 
most rapid or speedy. —— IT Also, quick¬ 
er, sooner, earlier. Plin. Ocissima pira. 
OCIOR, aris. See Otior. 
OCITER (as if from an obsol. positive of 
ocior; perhaps formed backwards from 
the comp, ocius), adv. quickly, ductus- 
OCIUM, and its derivatives. See Otium. 
ftCTOS (ocior), adv. more quickly or swiftly, 
more speedily, sooner, earlier, oik vrepnv. 
Superl. Ocisslme, or ocissume, oikiotu. 
Cic. Ut ocius ad tuum pervenias. Id. 
Illi in morbum et incidunt tardius, et 
recreantur ocius. Horat.. Serius ocius 
sors exitura, sooner or later. Sallust. 
Q.uam ocissume ad provinciam accedat. 
OCT 
Terent. Perlonge est: sed tanto ocius 
properemus, let us make so much the 
greater haste. Plin. Ocissime ferre tra- 
Situr pomum. — Hence, sooner, h. e. 
rather. Horat. Feret tus ocius uva.- 
IT Ocius has frequently the signif. of the 
positive, quickly, speedily, swiftly, with 
haste (probably because ociler is not used 
by any writer of the golden or silver 
age). C<bs. and Virg. 
OCLUS, for oculus. Prudent. 
OCNOS, i, m. the founder of Mantua. 
Virg. ——IT Also, a man represented in 
a painting of Socrates (the painter), as 
twisting (i Tope, which an ass gnawed 
away as fust as he made it. To this Pro- 
pert,. 4, 3, 21. refers. 
OCQUINISCS (like conquinisco), is, n. 
3 3. to stoop or bend down, cower down. 
Pompon, ap. Mon. 
5CREA (uric.), te, f. a greavc, a sort of 
2 armor for the leg, used iu war, in the 
chase, &c. Kuri/us, irapaKvypii. Horat. 
5CREXT0S (oerea), a, um, adj. greaved, 
2 booted. Horat. 
OCRTCOLIJM, i, n. a town of Umbria; 
hence, Ocriculanus, a, um, adj. of or at 
Ocriculum. Cic. — Ocriculani, the in¬ 
habitants of the same. Inv. 
5CRIS (Supis), is, m. a stony, broken moun- 
3 tain (not a proper name). Liv. Andr. 
oCTACHORDoS, or GCTOCIIORDSS 
2 (6ktCo & xopSh), on, adj. having eight 
strings or notes. Vitruv. 
OCTaIdROS ( OKTdcipof ), i, m. and f. adj. 
3 h. c. octo sessuum vel laterum, habens 
octo triangula ;eqtia. a et mquilatera. 
Martian. Capell. 
OCTXGONOS, or 0CT0GGN8S (oktw 
2 & yoivla), on, adj. octangular, eight- 
cornered. Vitruv. 
oCTANGOLOS (.octo & angulus), a am, 
3 adj. eiirht-comerea, octangular. Apul. 
OCTANS (octo), tis, m. the eighth part, 
2 of a circumference for instance, as a 
measure. Vitruv. 
OCTAPIIORUS. See Octophorus. 
OCTAS (d/cras), Adis, f. a number divisible 
3 by eight. Martian. Capell. 
OCTASTyLOS (oktokttv'Xo s), on, adj. 
2 having eight columns. Vitruv. 
OCTAVANOS (octavus), a, um, adj. Oc- 
2 tavani, soldiers of the eighth legion. 
Mela. , 
OCTAVARIUM (Id.), n, n. a tax of the 
3 eighth part. Cod. Tlieod. 
OCTXVIANOS, a, um, adj. Oclavian, re¬ 
lating to Octavius, named from Octavius, 
&c. “ Cic. bellum, h. e. of Cn. Octavius 
with Cinna. Coes, milites, ft. e. of one M. 
Octavius, who fought for Pompey. In 
particular, Octavius (afterwards the 
emperor Augustus), after his adoption 
by J. Cmsar, was called Octavianus 
(A. e. sprung from the Octavian gens). 
OCTAVIOS, a, um, a Roman gentile name. 
_ IT Adj. Octavian. Sueton. gens. 
_ IT Subst. Octavius, or Octavia, a 
man or woman of this gens. 
OCTAVOS (octo), a, um, adj. the eighth. 
Moos. Cic. Octava pars. Cws. Octava 
legio. Auct. R. Afric. Pro decumis oc- 
tavas pendere jubet, sc. partes. Cic. 
Ager efficit cum octavo. (See Cum.) 
Martial. Octava hora; and Juvenal. 
Octava, sc. hora, the eighth hour of the 
day (the beginning of which corre¬ 
sponded, at the time of the equinoxes, 
with our one o’clock in the afternoon ; 
this was the hour before the catna ). C ( V. 
Just. Octava, sc. pars, a tax of the eighth 
part,. — Octavum, adverbially, for. the 
eighth time. Liv. Jam octavum tribu- 
nos plebis refectos. 
OCTAV0SDECIM0S (octavus & deci- 
2 mus), a, um, adj. the eighteenth. Vitruv. 
OCTeNNIS (octo & annus), e, adj. eight 
3 years old, 6icraerns- Ammian. , 
OCTIES (octo), adv. eight times, Oktokis- 
Cic. Septenos octies. Colum. Octies 
anno, eight times in a year. 
oCTIGeSIMOS, for octingentesimus/i^ftt 
3 hundredth. Prise. 
CCTINGeNaRIOS (octingeni), a, um,adj. 
3 consisting of eight hundred. Varr. 
OCTINGePII, or OCTINGeNTeNi (octin- 
3 genti), te, a, adj. eight hundred, distnb- 
utively. Prise. 
oCTINGeNTeSIMOS (Id.), a, um, adj. 
, the ei Ait hundredth, duraKOoiooTbs. Cic. 
594 
OCT 
OCTINGeNTT (octo & centum), te, a, adj 
eight hundred, OKTaedaioi. Cic. 
OCTINGeNTIeS (octingenti), adv. eight 
3 hundred times. Ascon. 
GCTIPeS (octo & pes), edis, having eight 
3 feet, eight-footed, durairovs. Ovid. 
6CT5 (oktoj), indecl. num. adj. eight. 
Ctes. Millia passuum ab ipsis castris oc¬ 
to. Hirt. Decern et octo dies. Oell. 
Octo et viginti. - IT Though the 
Greek word ends in co, the final o is 
found generally short; for instance, in 
Juvenal, and Martial. 
OCTOXS (octo), Adis, f. same as Octas. 
Tertullian. 
OCTOBER (octo), bris, bre, adj. of Octo 
ber, originally the eighth month. Vellci. 
Cum mense Octobri. So, absol. Colum. 
Ultima parte Octobris, of October. Mar¬ 
tial. Octobres Idus, the ides of October. 
Cic. Calendis Octobribus. 
OCTOCHORDOS. See Octachordos. 
OCToDECIM (octo & decern), indecl. 
3 num. adj. eighteen. Frontin. Octode- 
cim hortes. 
oCTOGAMOS (oktoj & yapos), i, m 
3 that has been eight times married. Hie- 
ronym. 
OCTOGeNaRIOS (octogeni), a, um, adj. 
2 containing eighty. Plin. Ep. pater, 
eighty years old. Vitruv. fistula, ft. e. 
the plate of which is eighty inches broad. 
OCTOGeNI (octoginta), a;, a, adj. eighty 
2 each, in a distribution. Liv. Dati ex 
prieda militibus teris octogeni bini, 
eighty-two to each. -IT Simply.^ eighty, 
without distribution. Plin. Torpedo 
octogenos fetus habens. 
OOToGeSIMOS (Id.), a, um, adj. the 
eightieth, oydoyKoards. Cic. Quartum 
annum ago et octogesimum. 
OCTOGIES (Id.), adv. eighty times. Cic 
Sestertium centies, et octogies (see 
Sestertius). Plin. Octogies quinquies 
centena. 
OCToGINTa (octo), indecl. num. adj 
eiirhty, fourscore, dySofiKOvra. Cic. 
6CT0G6N0S. See Octagonos. 
OCToJOGIS (octo & jugum), e, adj. Lw 
2 Nunc octojuges ad imperia ire, ft. e. 
eirrlit in a team, eight together. 
OCfOMINuTALIS (octo & nnnutus), e, 
3 adj. worth eight small silver pieces. Lam¬ 
prid. 
6CTGNARI0S (octoni), a, um, adj. of 
2 ciaht, containing eight. Varr. Octona- 
rius numerus. Viomed. Octonarius ver¬ 
sus est, ft. e. an Iambic verse of eight feet. 
Plin. fistula, ft. e. the plate of which is 
eicrht inches broad; (according to Frontm. 
a*pipe, two feet (8 quarters) m diame¬ 
ter). . 
6CT6NI (octo), ffi, a, adj. eight each, in 
2 distribution. Plaut. Cum octonos alu 
lapides effodint, eight each. Liv. rrifi- 
toribus octona millia peditum data, to 
every one eight thousand. Horat. Ibant 
octonis referentes Idibus sra, ft. e. fall¬ 
ing on the eighth day after the nones. - 
IT = Not distributively, eight. Ovid. _ 
0CT6PH0R5S, or 0CTXPH5R5S (oktu 
& <pepa>), on, adj. borne by eight. Cic. 
Lectica octophoro ferebatur. — Octo- 
phoron, i, n. a litter or palanquin, bone 
by eight slaves, rd 6 ktu><I>opov. Cic. (Al¬ 
so, absol. in Sueton. but without any 
thing to determine whether lectica is un¬ 
derstood, or it is neuter.) v 
oCTOToPI, oroCTO TOPi (okt co towoi), 
ft. e. eight places or stations in the heavens, 
between the four cardinal points or 
quarters; used in astrology. Maud. 
(who shortens the antepenult). 
OCTO AGIeS, for octogies. Plin. Z 
OCTOAGINTA, for octoginta. Vitruv. t 
OCT0PLICATI5 (as from octuplico, 
3 whence octuplicatus), onis, f. a. making 
eight-fold, multiplying by eight. Martian. 
OCTCPLrCATOS, a, um, particip. as from 
2 octuplico, made eight-fold, multiplied y 
eight. Liv. Octuplicatoque censu ®ra- 
ritim fecerunt. 
5CTBPLUS (dKTanXovs), a , um, a^. 
eight-fold, octuple. Cic. — Octuplum, 
the octuple. Cic. Poena octupU, penult 
of the eight-fold, eight-fold penalty. «■ 
Damnari octupli. Id. Judicium in oc 
OCTOSSl’s (octo & as), is, m. eight asses. 
3 Horat. Quanti elliptic ? octussibus. 
