occursātio

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    Occursatio, Verbale. Cic. Course ou allee et venue qu'on fait envers les uns et les autres, Quand on brigue quelque office, Brigue.

occursātio, ōnis, f. (occurso), das freundliche, beglückwünschende Entgegenkommen, facilis est illa occ. et blanditia popularis, leicht ist es, den Leuten entgegenzulaufen u. ihnen etwas Freundliches zu sagen, Cic. Planc. 29; vestrae vero et vestrorum ordinum occursationes, absichtliche Begegnungen, Glückwünsche, Cic. Mil. 95.

at-trecto ( adt-, Weissenb., Halm; att-, Ritschl, Rib., Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, freq. in an unlawful manner (syn.: contrecto, tracto, tango, palpo).

Lit.:

Ne me attrecta,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45:

aliquem nimium familiariter attr ectare,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6:

uxorem alicujus attrectare,

Cic. Cael. 8 fin.; Suet. Ner. 26 (cf. contrecto):

signum Junonis adtrecta re,

Liv. 5, 22:

patrios penates attrectare,

Verg. A. 2, 719:

feralia adtrectare,

Tac. A. 1, 62 fin.:

libros contaminatis manibus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 13: alienam rem, Sabin. Jus Civ. ap. Gell. 11, 16, 20:

si attrectaverit me pater,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 12.— To feel after, grope for (eccl. Lat.):

quasi absque oculis parietem attrectavimus,

Vulg. Isa. 59, 10.—

Trop.: Facilis est illa occursatio et blanditia popularis; aspicitur, non attrectatur;

procul apparet, non excutitur (the figure is derived from paintings or other works of art),

it is looked at, not touched, Cic. Planc. 12 Wund.—Also, to appropriate to one's self:

regias etiam adtrectamus gazas,

Liv. 34, 4, 2:

fasces securesque,

id. 28, 24:

indecorum, adtrectare quod non obtineret,

Tac. A. 3, 52.— To feel after, seek to find (eccl. Lat.):

quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum,

Vulg. Act. 17, 27.

at-trecto ( adt-, Weissenb., Halm; att-, Ritschl, Rib., Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [tracto], to touch, handle, freq. in an unlawful manner (syn.: contrecto, tracto, tango, palpo).

Lit.:

Ne me attrecta,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45:

aliquem nimium familiariter attr ectare,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6:

uxorem alicujus attrectare,

Cic. Cael. 8 fin.; Suet. Ner. 26 (cf. contrecto):

signum Junonis adtrecta re,

Liv. 5, 22:

patrios penates attrectare,

Verg. A. 2, 719:

feralia adtrectare,

Tac. A. 1, 62 fin.:

libros contaminatis manibus,

Cic. Har. Resp. 13: alienam rem, Sabin. Jus Civ. ap. Gell. 11, 16, 20:

si attrectaverit me pater,

Vulg. Gen. 27, 12.— To feel after, grope for (eccl. Lat.):

quasi absque oculis parietem attrectavimus,

Vulg. Isa. 59, 10.—

Trop.: Facilis est illa occursatio et blanditia popularis; aspicitur, non attrectatur;

procul apparet, non excutitur (the figure is derived from paintings or other works of art),

it is looked at, not touched, Cic. Planc. 12 Wund.—Also, to appropriate to one's self:

regias etiam adtrectamus gazas,

Liv. 34, 4, 2:

fasces securesque,

id. 28, 24:

indecorum, adtrectare quod non obtineret,

Tac. A. 3, 52.— To feel after, seek to find (eccl. Lat.):

quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum,

Vulg. Act. 17, 27.

blandĭtĭa, ae ( blandĭtĭes, ēi, in abl., App. M. 9, p. 230, 11), f. [blandus].

The quality of one blandus; a caressing, flattering, flattery (mostly in an honorable sense; cf. on the contrary, assentatio and adulatio; class in prose and poetry; most freq. in plur.).

Sing.:

haec meretrix meum erum blanditiā intulit in pauperiem,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 21:

viscus merus vostra'st blanditia,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 16:

in cive excelso atque homine nobili blanditiam, ostentationem, ambitionem notam esse levitatis,

Cic. Rep. 4, 7, 7 (ap. Non. p. 194, 27):

nullam in amicitiā pestem esse majorem quam adulationem, blanditiam, adsentationem,

id. Lael. 25, 91:

occursatio et blanditia popularis,

id. Planc. 12, 29; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 41; Prop. 1, 16, 16 al. —

Plur., flatteries, blandishments, allurements, = blandimenta: puerique parentum blanditiis facile ingenium fregere superbum, caresses, * Lucr. 5, 1018; Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 8:

quot illic (sc. in amore) blanditiae, quot illic iracundiae sunt!

id. Truc. 1, 1, 7:

ut blanditiis suis suam voluptatem expleat,

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 11:

quam (benevolentiam civium) blanditiis et adsentando conligere turpe est,

Cic. Lael. 17, 61:

tantum apud te ejus blanditiae flagitiosae voluerunt, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65:

hereditates... malitiosis blanditiis quaesitae,

id. Off. 3, 18, 74; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5:

blanditiis ab aliquo aliquid exprimere,

id. Att. 1, 19, 9:

muliebres,

Liv. 24, 4, 4:

virorum factum purgantium,

id. 1, 9, 16:

fallaces,

Tac. A. 14, 56:

verniles,

id. H. 2, 59; Suet. Aug. 53 al.; cf. also Tib. 1, 1, 72; 1, 2, 91; 1, 4, 71; 1, 9, 77; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 72; Ov. Am. 1, 4, 66; id. M. 1, 531; 4, 70; 6, 626; 6, 632; 6, 685; 7, 817; 10, 259; 12, 407; 14, 19; id. H. 13, 153; Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14.—

Trop., pleasure, delight, enticement, charm, allurement (cf. blandus, II. A., and blandior, II. B.):

blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deliniti atque corrupti,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33: attrita cotidiano actu forensi ingenia optime rerum talium blanditia (i. e. lectione poëtarum) reparantur. Quint. 10, 1, 27.