I.a taking possession of a thing; a seizing, occupying (class.).
I. Lit. (very rare): “fori,” Cic. Dom. 3: “vetus,” a taking possession, seizure, id. Off. 1, 7, 21.—
II. Transf.
A. Rhet. t. t.: ante occupatio, an anticipation of an opponent's objections, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205 (but in Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37, the true reading is occultatio, q. v.).—
B. A business, employment, occupation (the usual meaning, esp. of public service; cf. “studium): in maximis occupationibus tuis numquam intermittis studia doctrinae,” Cic. Or. 10, 34: “maximis occupationibus distinebar,” id. Fam. 12, 30, 2: “nullis occupationibus inplicatus,” id. N. D. 1, 19, 51: “ille aut occupatione aut difficultate tardior tibi erit visus,” id. Fam. 7, 17, 2: “ab omni occupatione se expedire,” id. Att. 3, 20, 2: “relaxare se occupatione,” id. ib. 16, 16, 2.—With gen.: “neque has tantularum rerum occupationes sibi Britanniae anteponendas judicabat,” engaging in such trivial affairs, Caes. B. G. 4, 22.
