occupo

occupo

1. first-person singular present indicative of occupare

From ob- and the root of capiō (“capture, seize”). The difference in conjugation is explained by De Vaan, citing Steinbauer 1989, as the result of derivation via the denominal suffix -ō, -āre from some intermediate nominal (such as an unattested noun or adjective *occeps, *occupis), instead of direct composition of the prefix with the base verb.^[1] Compare anticipō, nuncupō, participō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔk.kʊ.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔk.ku.po]

occupō (present infinitive occupāre, perfect active occupāvī, supine occupātum); first conjugation

1. to occupy, fill, take up

   Synonyms: comprehendō, teneō, obsideō, compleō, possideō

2. to seize, invade, take possession of

   Synonyms: potior, obsideō, compleō, obtineō, teneō, adipīscor, comprehendō, dēprehendō, arripiō, corripiō, capessō, expugnō, capiō, possideō, apprehendō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.3:

     In eō itinere persuādet Casticō […] ut rēgnum in cīvitāte suā occupāret, quod pater ante habuerat; […] .

     On that journey [Orgetorix] persuaded Casticus […] that he ought to seize the kingship in his own state, which his father had held before; […] .

3. to anticipate, make the first move

   Synonyms: anteeō, praecipiō

4. to employ, make use of

   Synonyms: ūsūrpō, ūtor, sūmō, adhibeō

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• “occupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “occupo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “occupo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • fear comes upon some one: timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)
    
  • superstition has taken possession of their souls: superstitio mentes occupavit (Verr. 4. 51. 113)
    
  • to put out money at interest: pecuniam fenore occupare (Flacc. 21. 54)
    
  • to take upon oneself absolute power: imperium, regnum, tyrannidem occupare
    
  • to occupy a position (with troops): capere, occupare locum
    
  • to occupy the high ground: occupare loca superiora
    
  • (ambiguous) to be engaged upon a matter: occupatum esse in aliqua re