suc-curro (subc-), curri, cursum, 3, v. n., to run under.
I Lit.
A In gen.: tempore eodem aliud nequeat succurrere lunae Corpus, * Lucr. 5, 763; cf.: pagus Succusanus, quod succurrit Carinis, runs , i. e. lies under or behind , Varr. L. L. 5, § 48 Müll.—
B In partic., to run or hasten to the aid or assistance of one; to help , aid , assist , succor (the predom. and class, signif.; syn.: subvenio, adjuvo, sublevo): ut laborantibus succurrat, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169: saluti fortunisque communibus, id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3: succurrit illi Varenus et laboranti subvenit, Caes. B. G. 5, 44: laborantibus, id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4: afflictis semper, Nep. Att. 11: suis cedentibus auxilio, Caes. B. G. 7, 80: domino, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: oppido, Auct. B. Afr. 5, 1.—
2 Of things, to be useful for , good against : tantis malis, Caes. B. C. 3, 70. — Esp., of medicines: cannabis succurrit alvo jumentorum, helps , relieves , Plin. 20, 23, 97, § 259: strangulationibus (crethmos), id. 26, 15, 90, § 158: venenis fungorum (nitrum), id. 31, 10, 46, § 119: dum succurrere humanis erroribus cupiunt, ipsi se in errores maximos induxerunt, Lact. 1, 3, 8.— Impers. pass. : se confidere munitionibus oppidi, si celeriter succurratur, Caes. B. C. 3, 80; 3, 52; Liv. 3, 58; Cels. 8, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; Quint. 10, 7, 2: paratae lites: succurrendum'st, Ter. Ad. 792.—
II Trop. *
A In gen.: licet undique omnes in me terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo, I will encounter and undergo them , Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—
B In partic., to come into the mind , occur to one (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period; syn. subit): ut quidque succurrit, libet scribere, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: illud etiam mihi succurrebat, grave esse, etc., id. fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: alicui, Liv. 6, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 6; 8, 3, 81 et saep.: succurrit versus ille Homericus, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.—Impers. : non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas, Curt. 7, 8, 21: neque cuiquam facile succurrat, Suet. Tit. 10.—With inf.: et illud annotare succurrit, unum omnino, etc., Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 157: mirari succurrit, id. 17, 1, 1, § 1; 34, 18, 51, § 171.