succurro

suc-curro ( subc- ), curri, cursum, 3, v. n., to run under.

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.: tempore eodem aliud nequeat succurrere lunae Corpus, * Lucr. 5, 763; cf.: pagus Succusanus, quod succurrit Carinis, runs, i. e. lies under or behind, Varr. L. L. 5, § 48 Müll.—

B.

In partic., to run or hasten to the aid or assistance of one; to help, aid, assist, succor (the predom. and class, signif.;

syn.: subvenio, adjuvo, sublevo): ut laborantibus succurrat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169:

saluti fortunisque communibus,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

succurrit illi Varenus et laboranti subvenit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 44:

laborantibus,

id. B. C. 2, 6; Sall. C. 60, 4:

afflictis semper,

Nep. Att. 11:

suis cedentibus auxilio,

Caes. B. G. 7, 80:

domino,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29: oppido, Auct. B. Afr. 5, 1.—

2.

Of things, to be useful for, good against:

tantis malis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 70. —

Esp., of medicines: cannabis succurrit alvo jumentorum,

helps, relieves, Plin. 20, 23, 97, § 259:

strangulationibus (crethmos),

id. 26, 15, 90, § 158:

venenis fungorum (nitrum),

id. 31, 10, 46, § 119: dum succurrere humanis erroribus cupiunt, ipsi se in errores maximos induxerunt, Lact. 1, 3, 8.— Impers. pass.:

se confidere munitionibus oppidi, si celeriter succurratur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 80; 3, 52; Liv. 3, 58; Cels. 8, 4; Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; Quint. 10, 7, 2:

paratae lites: succurrendum'st,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 6.—

II.

Trop.

* A.

In gen.:

licet undique omnes in me terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

I will encounter and undergo them, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31.—

B.

In partic., to come into the mind, occur to one (class.; esp. freq. after the Aug. period;

syn. subit): ut quidque succurrit, libet scribere,

Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2: illud etiam mihi succurrebat, grave esse, etc., id. fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6:

alicui,

Liv. 6, 12; Quint. 3, 4, 6; 8, 3, 81 et saep.: succurrit versus ille Homericus, etc., Aug. ap. Suet. Tib. 21 fin.—Impers.:

non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas,

Curt. 7, 8, 21:

neque cuiquam facile succurrat,

Suet. Tit. 10.—With inf.:

et illud annotare succurrit, unum omnino, etc.,

Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 157:

mirari succurrit,

id. 17, 1, 1, § 1; 34, 18, 51, § 171.