befall Copy link Outline 1. contingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (with dat.2. obtingo, tĭgi, 33. ēvĕnio • befall: 1. contingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (with dat.: and usu. of what is agreeable to one's wishes): whom so many advantages have so suddenly b.'n, cui tam subito tot contigerunt commoda, Ter.: slavery has often b.'n powerful nations, servitus potentibus populis saepe contigit, Cic. 2. obtingo, tĭgi, 3: I am glad that that has b.'n you as you desired, istuc tibi ex sententia tua obtigisse laetor, Ter.: Cic. 3. ēvĕnio: v. to happen, fall out.