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|lshtext=<b>occŭpo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (occupassis for occupaveris, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 48:<br /><b>I</b> occupassit for occupaverit, id. As. 4, 2, 9), v. a. obcapio; lit., to [[lay]] [[hold]] of; [[hence]], to [[take]] [[possession]] of, [[seize]], [[occupy]] [[any]] [[thing]] (esp. a [[place]]; [[class]].; cf.: [[expugno]], [[obsideo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: totam Italiam suis praesidiis obsidere [[atque]] occupare cogitat, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 75: locum, id. Fin. 3, 20, 67: possessiones, id. Phil. 13, 5, 12: urbes, Liv. 33, 31: montem, Tac. A. 4, 47: portum, Hor. C. 1, 14, 2: aditum, to go in, [[enter]], Verg. A. 6, 424: [[regnum]], Cic. Lael. 12, 40: tyrannidem, id. Off. 3, 23, 90: familiam optimam occupavit, has got [[hold]] of, has got [[into]], Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 11: occupando adquirere aliquid, Gai. Inst. 2, 66 sqq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 215: [[vindemia]] occupabit sementem, shall [[reach]] to, Vulg. Lev. 26, 5.—Poet.: aliquem amplexu, to [[clasp]] in one's [[arms]], to [[embrace]], Ov. F. 3, 509.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[occupy]], i. e. to [[take]] up, [[fill]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]]: atrā nube polum, Hor. C. 3, 29, 44: urbem (sc. aedificiis), Liv. 5, 55: caementis Tyrrhenum [[mare]], Hor. C. 3, 24, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fall]] [[upon]], [[attack]] one [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]] (syn. [[invado]]): Latagum saxo ... Occupat os faciemque adversam, Verg. A. 10, 699: aliquem gladio, id. ib. 9, 770: aliquem morsu, Ov. M. 3, 48: [[canes]] ense, Prop. 4, 4, 82 (5, 4, 84): ne occupet te [[pluvia]], Vulg. 3 Reg. 18. 44: [[caligo]], id. Job, 3, 5.—Poet., in a [[friendly]] [[sense]], to [[surprise]]: Volteium [[Philippus]] Vilia vendentem Occupat, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[get]] the [[start]] of, to be [[beforehand]] [[with]], to [[anticipate]], to do a [[thing]] [[first]], to [[outstrip]]: occupat egressas [[quamlibet]] [[ante]] rates, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6: [[volo]], tu [[prior]] ut occupes adire, [[that]] [[you]] should [[present]] [[yourself]] the [[first]], Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 15: praeloqui, id. Rud. 1, 4, 18: [[bellum]] facere, to [[begin]] the [[war]] [[first]], Liv. 1, 14: rapere oscula, Hor. C. 2, 12, 28.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[seize]], [[take]] [[possession]] of, [[fill]], [[invade]], [[engross]]: [[tantus]] [[timor]] omnem exercitum occupavit, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: [[tremor]] occupat [[artus]], Ov. M. 3, 40: [[sopor]] occupat [[artus]], Verg. G. 4, 190: animos magnitudine rei, Cic. Font. 5, 20: [[pallor]] ora, Verg. A. 4, 499.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[take]] up, [[occupy]], [[employ]]: haec [[causa]] primos menses occupabit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3: cum in mentem venit [[tres]] et [[sexaginta]] annos [[aeque]] [[multa]] volumina occupasse mihi, Liv. 31, 1, 3: in funambulo Animum, Ter. Hec. prol. 1, 4: [[contio]], quae homines occupatos occupat, Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 7: tanta [[superstitio]] mentis Siculorum occupavit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113: pecuniam, to [[put]] [[out]] or [[lay]] [[out]] [[money]]: pecuniam adulescentulo grandi fenore occupavisti, [[have]] loaned it at a [[high]] [[rate]], id. Fl. 21, 51: pecunias [[apud]] populos, id. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 91: pecuniam animalibus, to [[lay]] [[out]], [[invest]] in [[cattle]], Col. 1, 8, 13: pecuniam in pecore, id. 11, 1: [[argentum]], Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 13.—Pass.: [[ante]] occupatur [[animus]] ab iracundiā, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38; Liv. 22, 15, 6.—Hence, oc-cŭpātus, a, um, P. a., taken up, [[occupied]], employed, [[busy]], [[engaged]] ([[class]].): ut si occupati profuimus aliquid civibus nostris, prosimus [[etiam]] otiosi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: in eo, ut, Nep. Alc. 8, 1: tempora, Cic. Planc. 27, 66: qui in patriā delendā occupati et sunt et fuerunt, id. Off. 1, 17, 57: hostibus opere occupatis, Liv. 21, 45, 2: Nep. Hann. 7, 1.—Hence, married, occupatae (opp. to vacuae), Quint. Decl. 376.—Comp.: comitiorum dilationes occupatiorem me habebant, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3.—Sup.: non [[dubito]], [[quin]] occupatissimus fueris, [[very]] [[much]] [[occupied]], Cic. Att. 12, 38, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 2.

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|georg=(1) [[occupo]]¹, āvī, ātum, āre (ob u. [[capio]]), [[einnehmen]], I) eig.: 1) [[einen]] [[Ort]] od. [[einen]] Ggstd. [[einnehmen]], [[besetzen]], [[sich]] seiner [[bemächtigen]], ihn in [[Beschlag]] [[nehmen]], [[überrumpeln]], Italiam praesidiis, Cic.: locum, Cic.: possessiones, Cic.: urbem, Liv.: [[regnum]], Cic.: tyrannidem, Cic.: [[tempus]] occupandi [[res]] (die Staatsgewalt), Liv.: aditum, [[hineingehen]], Verg.: currum, [[besteigen]], Ov.: alqm amplexu, [[umarmen]], Ov.: familiam optimam, in [[Beschlag]] [[nehmen]], Plaut.: so [[auch]] [[Sextius]] [[noster]] [[eum]] occupavit, nahm ihn in [[Beschlag]] (er mußte [[durchaus]] [[Wohnung]] [[bei]] ihm [[nehmen]]), Cic. – 2) [[einen]] [[Ort]] od. [[Gegenstand]] [[besetzen]], a) [[sich]] an etw. [[ansetzen]], crustae occupant [[intus]] vasa [[omnia]], in [[quis]] aquae fervent, Plin. 20, 95. – b) [[mit]] etw. [[besetzen]] = [[mit]] [[etwas]] [[anfüllen]], urbem (sc. aedificiis), Liv.: polum nube, Hor.: aream fundamentis, Liv.: navem frumento, Auct. b. Afr. – c) v. Örtlichk. = [[einnehmen]], [[urbs]] oram freti occupat, [[Mela]]: superna litora [[Padus]] occupat, [[Mela]]: [[Hercynia]] [[silva]] [[iter]] [[sexaginta]] dierum occupat, [[Mela]]. – II) übtr.: 1) [[überfallen]], [[überraschen]], a) femdl.: alqm, Liv. u. Curt.: alqm gladio, Verg., saxo, Ov.: [[mors]] ipsam occupat, ereilt [[sie]], Ter.: [[sopor]] occupat [[artus]], Verg.: si occupasset ([[nos]]) artior [[casus]], [[wenn]] [[wir]] ins [[Gedränge]] kämen, Amm. – b) [[selten]] im freundlichen Sinne = [[überraschen]], alqm, Hor. ep. 1, 7, 66. – 2) [[zuvor]] [[kommen]], [[rates]], Ov.: ortum solis, Curt.: [[Servilius]] [[Ahala]] Sp. Maelium [[regnum]] appetentem occupatum ([[indem]] er ihm in der [[Ausführung]] seines Vorhabens zuvorkam) interemit, Cic.: u. absol., albati equo Corace occupavere, kamen [[zuvor]], gewannen den [[Vorsprung]] (beim [[Wettrennen]]), Plin. 8,160: dah. = [[zuerst]] [[etwas]] [[tun]], iuvenem occupat, redet [[zuerst]] ihn an, Val. Flacc.: [[num]] [[quid]] [[vis]]? [[occupo]], willst du [[etwas]]? rede [[ich]] ihn [[zuerst]] an, frage [[ich]] [[zuerst]], Hor. – m. folg. Infin. (s. Dräger Hist. Synt.² 2, 320. M. [[Müller]] Liv. 1, 14, 4. Weißenb. Liv. 4, 30, 3. Fabri Liv. 21, 39, 10), castris [[castra]] conferre occupant, Enn. fr.: occupabo adire, will [[zuerst]] [[auf]] ihn [[zugehen]], Plaut.: [[interdum]] rapere occupat, Hor.: occupant [[bellum]] facere, Liv.: occupavit Padum traicere, Liv.: occupat [[eventum]] [[telo]] temptare priorem, Sil. – 3) in [[Besitz]] [[nehmen]], [[einnehmen]], [[sich]] [[bemächtigen]], v. Pers.: proximum quodque [[verbum]], [[aufgreifen]], Quint.: [[multum]] est [[primo]] aspectu oculos occupasse, gefesselt zu [[haben]], Sen.: carnificis manum, dem Sch. ins [[Handwerk]] [[greifen]], Curt.: falsis criminibus aures occupare, Curt.: animos eorum, [[qui]] audiunt, magnitudine [[rei]], Cic.: validioris gratiam, zu [[gewinnen]] [[suchen]], Curt.: admirationem, [[erzwingen]], Sen.: proximos [[illi]] [[tamen]] occupavit [[Pallas]] honores, hat inne, Hor.: occ. [[nomen]] beati, [[beanspruchen]], Hor.: occupandi temporis [[causa]], um [[Zeit]] zu [[gewinnen]], Sen. – v. Gemütszuständen usw., [[timor]] occupavit exercitum, Caes.: [[pavor]] occupat animos, Liv.: mentes Siculorum occupat [[superstitio]], Cic.: occupati metu, Curt. – [[opinio]] [[vetus]] falsa occupavit et convaluit (hat [[Platz]] gegriffen und [[Wurzel]] [[gefaßt]]) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Gell. 4, 11, 1. – 4) in [[Beschlag]] [[nehmen]], a) eine gewisse [[Zeit]] od. [[Zahl]] in [[Beschlag]] [[nehmen]], [[wegnehmen]], [[haec]] [[causa]] primos menses occupabit, Cael. in Cic. ep. 8, 10, 3: cum in mentem venit [[tres]] et [[sexaginta]] annos [[aeque]] [[multa]] volumina occupasse [[mihi]], Liv. 31, 1, 3. – b) in [[Anspruch]] [[nehmen]], [[beschäftigen]], animum in funambulo, Ter.: homines occupatos hāc re, Plaut.: occupat [[res]] cogitatioaes hominum, Liv.: in apparando [[acerrime]] [[esse]] occupatum, Nep.: in [[patria]] [[funditus]] delenda occupatum et [[esse]] et fuisse, Cic.: occupati aliarum rerum curā, Liv.: [[occupatus]] variis cogitationibus [[iudex]], Quint. Vgl. [[occupatus]]. – c) [[hindern]], [[profluvium]] sanguinis occupat secantes, Curt.: ministeria aestu occupantur, Curt. – d) occupatum [[esse]] in alqa re, [[nur]] in etw. begriffen, [[auf]] etw. beschränkt [[sein]], [[res]] [[enim]] sunt parvae, [[prope]] in singulis litteris [[atque]] interpunctionibus occupatae, Cic. Mur. 25. – 5) [[Geld]] irgendwo [[anlegen]], pecuniam in pecore, Colum.: pecuniam grandi fenore, [[gegen]] hohe [[Zinsen]] [[anlegen]], Cic.: pecunias [[apud]] alqm, Cic. – 6) [[beschleunigen]], [[rasch]] [[ausführen]], [[facinus]], Iustin.: transitum, Iustin.: mortem manu, [[Flor]].: [[preces]], Sen. poët. – [[mit]] folg. Acc. u. Infin., [[sich]] [[beeilen]], id [[nos]] priores facere occupabimus, [[Cato]] origg. 5. fr. 3. – / Archaist. Coni. Perf. occupassis, Plaut. most. 1097: occupassit, Plaut. asin. 818.<br />'''(2)''' [[occupo]]², ōnis, m. (1. [[occupo]]), der Sich-Bemächtiger, der Langfinger, euphem. v. [[Gott]] der Diebe ([[Merkur]]), occuponem propitium! Möge [[uns]] der L. [[günstig]] [[sein]]! Petron. 58, 11.

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