What is the Latin word for occurrence?

The usual Latin words for “occurrence” are cāsus, miser, trīstis; also inopīnātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“occurrence” in Latin

cāsusa fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an event, happening, occurrence miserpoor, wretched, pitiful; miserable, unhappy; worthless, null trīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose; sorrowful, mournful; disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste)inopīnātusunexpected, unsupposed

The English word occurrence itself goes back to Latin currō, through occurrentia.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

occurrence

Act of occurring, use the verbs.

Event, casus (especially accidental): res (general term, an occurrence, etc.). Unfortunate occurrences, res adversae, miserae; casus calamitosi, miseri: sad occurrences, casus horribilis, tristis: an unexpected occurrence, casus improvisus, inopinatus.

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What is the Latin word for occurrence?: The usual Latin words for “occurrence” are cāsus, miser, trīstis; also inopīnātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.