LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

occō

occō (present infinitive occāre, perfect active occāvī, supine occātum)
Classical[ˈɔk.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔk.ko]

Meaning

  1. to till, harrow
    Occare igitur est operire terra semina, vites vel arbores.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 17.2.4

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.occōoccābamoccābōoccāvīoccāveramoccāverō
occārō
2nd sg.occāsoccābāsoccābisoccāvistī
occāstī
occāverās
occārās
occāveris
3rd sg.occatoccābatoccābitoccāvitoccāverat
occārat
occāverit
occārit
1st pl.occāmusoccābāmusoccābimusoccāvimusoccāverāmusoccāverimus
occārimus
2nd pl.occātisoccābātisoccābitisoccāvistis
occāstis
occāverātis
occārātis
occāveritis
occāritis
3rd pl.occantoccābantoccābuntoccāvērunt
occāvēre, occārunt
occāverant
occārant
occāverint
occārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.occemoccāremoccāverim
occārim
occāvissem
occāssem
2nd sg.occēsoccārēsoccāverīsoccāvissēs
occāssēs
3rd sg.occetoccāretoccāverit
occārit
occāvisset
occāsset
1st pl.occēmusoccārēmusoccāverīmus
occārīmus
occāvissēmus
occāssēmus
2nd pl.occētisoccārētisoccāverītis
occārītis
occāvissētis
occāssētis
3rd pl.occentoccārentoccāverint
occārint
occāvissent
occāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.occoroccābaroccābor
2nd sg.occāris
occāre
occābāris
occābāre
occāberis
occābere
3rd sg.occāturoccābāturoccābitur
1st pl.occāmuroccābāmuroccābimur
2nd pl.occāminīoccābāminīoccābiminī
3rd pl.occanturoccābanturoccābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.occeroccārer
2nd sg.occēris
occēre
occārēris
occārēre
3rd sg.occēturoccārētur
1st pl.occēmuroccārēmur
2nd pl.occēminīoccārēminī
3rd pl.occenturoccārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.occāoccāre
pres. 2nd pl.occāteoccāminī
fut. 2nd sg.occātōoccātor
fut. 3rd sg.occātōoccātor
fut. 2nd pl.occātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.occantōoccantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveoccāreoccārī
perfect infinitiveoccāvisse
occāsse
occātum esse
future infinitiveoccātūrum esseoccātum īrī
present participleoccāns—
perfect participle—occātus
occāta, occātā, occātae, occātam, occātārum, occātās, occātī, occātōrum, occātōs
future participleoccātūrus
occātūra, occātūrā, occātūrae, occātūram, occātūrārum, occātūrās, occātūre, occātūrī, occātūrīs, occātūrō, occātūrōrum, occātūrōs, occātūrum
occandus
occanda, occandā, occandae, occandam, occandārum, occandās, occande, occandīs, occandōrum, occandōs
gerundoccandī, occandō, occandumsupineoccātum, occātū

occo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. root ac, acuo; cf. Germ. eggen, to harrow,
I. to harrow: occare et occatorem Verrius dictum putat ab occaedendo, quod caedat grandis globos terrae: cum Cicero venustissime dicat ab occaecando fruges satas, Paul. ex Fest. p. 181 Müll.: segetes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161: silicia et phasioli occantur tantum, Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 186.—Absol.: nam semper occant prius quam sarriunt rustici, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 5. —Of vineyards, to break up and level the ground which has been dug up: occare, id est comminuere, Varr. R. R. 1, 31; Pall. 6, 4, 1.

Origins

From occa (“harrow”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Spanishhuecofrom Old Spanish ocar
  • Spanishahuecarfrom Old Spanish ocar
  • Portugueseocar
  • Portugueseoco
  • Franc-Comtoisocaî
  • Old Frenchaochierfrom Vulgar Latin *adoccare
  • Old Spanishaocarfrom Vulgar Latin *adoccare

Quick answers

What does occō mean in Latin?
occō, a verb, means “to till, harrow”.
What are the principal parts of occō?
occō, occāre, occāvī, occātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce occō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɔk.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɔk.ko].