occursus, ūs, m. [occurro],
a meeting , falling in with (not in Cic. or Caes.; syn.: obviam itio, occursatio, etc.): vacuis occursu hominum viis, in the streets , where they met nobody , Liv. 5, 41, 5: prohiberi fratrum ejus occursu, Curt. 8, 3, 4; 6, 7, 29; Suet. Tib. 7; id. Ner. 1, 23: occursum alicujus vitare, to avoid meeting him , Tac. A. 4, 60: declinare, id. H. 3, 85: in occursum ejus, Vulg. Gen. 14, 17: in occursum tuum, id. Exod. 4, 14.—Of things: rota stipitis occursu fracta ac disjecta, by coming in contact with a stump , Ov. M. 15, 522: videbis nocturnam lunae successionem a fraternis occursibus lene remissumque lumen mutuantem, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18, 2 Haase (al. occursionibus): occursum trepidare amici, Juv. 8, 152: gravis occursu, id. 6, 418.—Of the Labyrinth: occursus ac recursus inexplicabiles, approaches and withdrawals , Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 85.