occipiebatDictionary entriesoccipio, occipere, occepi, occeptus:Verb · 3rd conjugationFrequency:Lesser= begin;Entry →sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rdExamplesLiber XIIPublius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES"...flexu Armeniam petivit, id temporis importunam, quia hiems occipiebat. Exim nivibus et montibus fessi, postquam campos propinquabant, copiis..."