occur Copy link Outline I. To take place, arise1. incĭdo, cĭdi, 32. incurro, 33. obvĕnio, 4II. To be found in this or that authorIII. To come into the mind1. in mentem vĕnit2. succurrit, it, 33. occurrit, it, 3 (to present itself to the mind, whether unsolicited or not)4. sŭbit, 4, irr. (like succurrit and in mentem venit, denoting the unprompted rise of suggestion in the mind) then the thought o.'d to them, deinde cogitatio animum subiit, Liv. 36, 20, ad init. (foll. by infin.)5. incĭdit, it, 3 • occur: I. To take place, arise: 1. incĭdo, cĭdi, 3: when any war o.s, quum aliquod bellum inc., Caes. B. G. 6, 15: cases often o., when ..., inc. saepe tempora, quum ..., Cic. Off. 1, 10, init.: even in standard authors blemishes o., in magnis quoque auctoribus, inc. vitiosa, Quint. 10, 2, 16. 2. incurro, 3: odd moments o., subseciva quaedam tempora inc., Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 9: to o. on a certain day, in aliquem diem inc., id. Att. 7, 7: Suet. 3. obvĕnio, 4: if any emergency should o., si quae necessitas obvenerit, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 74: Pl. Phr.: when an opportunity o.s, occasione data, Cic. Ph. 7, 6, 18; so, occasione oblata, Suet. Caes. 73. See also to happen. (N.B.--Not occurro in this sense.) II. To be found in this or that author: expr. by esse, scriptum vel positum esse, etc. (Kr. rightly condemns such phrr. as, locus occurrit, locutiones s. sententiae occurrunt apud ...): the enthymeme which o.s in the speech of Cicero for Cn. Plancius, id enthymema quod est in oratione M. Tullii, qua pro Cn. Plancio dixit, Gell. 1, 4, init.: in the 3rd book of Q. Quadrigarius these words o., in Q. Quadrigarii tertio libro verba haec sunt, ib. 1, 7, med.: the same author freq. uses scriptum est: cf. l. c., in M. Tullii oratione quae est de imperio Cn. Pompeii ita scriptum esse, i. e. the following words o.: et pass.: this word o.s in the first book, (in) primo libro verbum hoc positum est, Macr. Sat. 3, 2, med.: or expr. by reperio, invenio: there o.s the passage, ibi reperitur, ib. 3, 7, med.: the same thing o.s in Virgil, invenies [invenitur, invenietur] idem apud Virgilium, ib. 4, 4: in Virgil these four styles o., apud Maronem haec quatuor genera reperies, ib. 5, 1. III. To come into the mind: 1. in mentem vĕnit: if anything o.s to you, si quid in m. venerit, Cic. Att. 12, 36: it o.'d to him to impose a duty on wine, ei in m. venit, ut vini portorium institueret, id. Font. 5, init.: also foll. by inf., id. Div. 2, 26, extr. (Similar is, in buccam venire, to o. at random, come into one's head: Cic. Att. 1. 12, extr.) 2. succurrit, it, 3: I feel inclined to write whatever o.s, ut quicque s., libet scribere, Cic. Att. 14, 1: Liv.: Virg. 3. occurrit, it, 3 (to present itself to the mind, whether unsolicited or not): cf. Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47, quodcunque in mentem veniat, aut quodcunque occurrat: also, id. de Or. 2, 24, 103, statim animo occurrit, the question at once presents itself. 4. sŭbit, 4, irr. (like succurrit and in mentem venit, denoting the unprompted rise of suggestion in the mind) then the thought o.'d to them, deinde cogitatio animum subiit, Liv. 36, 20, ad init. (foll. by infin.): also mentem subit, Ov. M. 12, 472. 5. incĭdit, it, 3: if this thought had not o.'d to me, quae cogitatio si non incidisset mihi, Cic. Att. 13, 32: more fully, in mentem incidere, id. Fin. 4, 16, 43. Phr.: I will note down the lines which o. to me, qui (versus) se dederint obvios adnotabo, Macr. Sat. 5, 3, init.
OCCUR Copy link • OCCURTo happen, accidere; incidere; evenire; contingere; intervenire (Cic.); intercidere (Caes.); geri (to be going on): exsistere (of events which break out suddenly, as seditions, wars, etc.). To come under observation, be met with (as a passage in a book, etc.), esse; exstari; inveniri; reperiri: a passage occurs, phrases occur, etc., locus occurrit; locutiones, sententiae occurrunt apud scriptorem (but it is better to use inveniri, reperiri, legi; for occurrere contains the idea of something accidental or fortuitous. ☞ Avoid, in this sense, obvium esse, and obvenire. Vid: Frotscher ad Quint., 10, 1, 19). To present itself to one’s mind, in mentem mihi aliquid venit; mihi in opinionem aliquid venit (as an opinion, or supposition): subit animum cogitatio, in mentem or in cogitationem mihi incidit aliquid (presents itself to my mind): mihi, or animo, or in mentem occurrit aliquid, mihi succurrit aliquid (enters my mind): subit recordatio, recordor or reminiscor alicujus rei, recursat aliquid animo (I remember a thing): all kinds of things occur to my mind, variae cogitationes animum meum commovent: to write, to speak just what occurs to one, quod or quidquid in buccam venerit, scribere, (Cic., Att. 1, 12), garrire (Cic., Att., 12, 1), loqui (Mart., 12, 24, 5).