occurso, āvi, ātum, 1, 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.