LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

accēdō

accēdō (present infinitive accēdere, perfect active accessī, supine accessum)
Classical[akˈkeː.doː]Ecclesiastical[atˈt͡ʃɛː.do]
accēdēns pres. act. ptcp.№ 614 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto go or come toward, approach, reach
    Quam simul adspexit, "comitēs accēdite!" dīxit.As soon as he saw her, he cried, "Comrades, come near!".8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 14.11
  2. to advance, attack
  3. intransitivewith dativeto be added, join
  4. intransitivewith dativeto give assent to, accede or assent to, agree with, approve of
  5. intransitivewith dativeto come near to or approach in resemblance; to be like, resemble
  6. intransitiveto enter upon, undertake
  7. to happen, befall

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ad locum eō, prope veniō.
accēdō -ere accessī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.accēdōaccēdēbamaccēdamaccessīaccesseramaccesserō
2nd sg.accēdisaccēdēbāsaccēdēsaccessistīaccesserāsaccesseris
3rd sg.accēditaccēdēbataccēdetaccessitaccesserataccesserit
1st pl.accēdimusaccēdēbāmusaccēdēmusaccessimusaccesserāmusaccesserimus
2nd pl.accēditisaccēdēbātisaccēdētisaccessistisaccesserātisaccesseritis
3rd pl.accēduntaccēdēbantaccēdentaccessērunt
accessēre
accesserantaccesserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.accēdamaccēderemaccesserimaccessissem
2nd sg.accēdāsaccēderēsaccesserīsaccessissēs
3rd sg.accēdataccēderetaccesseritaccessisset
1st pl.accēdāmusaccēderēmusaccesserīmusaccessissēmus
2nd pl.accēdātisaccēderētisaccesserītisaccessissētis
3rd pl.accēdantaccēderentaccesserintaccessissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.accēde—
pres. 2nd pl.accēdite—
fut. 2nd sg.accēditō—
fut. 3rd sg.accēditō—
fut. 2nd pl.accēditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.accēduntō—
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveaccēdere—
perfect infinitiveaccessisse—
future infinitiveaccessūrum esse—
present participleaccēdēns—
future participleaccessūrus
accessūra, accessūrā, accessūrae, accessūram, accessūrārum, accessūrās, accessūre, accessūrī, accessūrīs, accessūrō, accessūrōrum, accessūrōs, accessūrum
accēdenda
accēdendā, accēdendae, accēdendam, accēdendārum, accēdendās, accēdende, accēdendīs, accēdendōrum, accēdendōs, accēdendus
gerundaccēdendī, accēdendō, accēdendumsupineaccessum, accessū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

proxime ad verum accedere
to be very near the truth.
ad opus faciendum accedere
to take a task in hand, engage upon it.
accessus et recessus aestuum
ebb and flow (of tide).
ad causam aggredi or accedere
to undertake a case.
animus alicui accedit, crescit
to take courage.
propius accedere ad urbem or urbem
to advance nearer to the city.
accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
to adopt the language of everyday life.
accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
to devote oneself to politics, a political career.
5 more phrases
propius ad deos accedere (Mil. 22. 59)
to approach the gods.
ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...
ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
to adopt some one's opinion.
aestus maritimi mutuo accedentes et recedentes (N. D. 2. 53. 132)
the alternation of tides.
extrema manus accēdit operi (active extremam manum imponere operi)
to put the finishing touch to a work.

ac-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. (
I. perf. sync., accēstis, Verg. A. 1, 201), to go or come to or near, to approach (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., constr. with ad, in, the local adverbs, the acc., dat., infin., or absol.
(a). With ad: accedam ad hominem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 14; so, ad aedīs, id. Amph. 1, 1, 108: ad flammam, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 103: omnīs ad aras, to beset every altar, Lucr. 5, 1199: ad oppidum, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: ad ludos, Cic. Pis. 27, 65: ad Caesarem supplex, id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: ad manum, to come to their hands (of fishes), id. Att. 2, 1, 7: ad Aquinum, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106; so, ad Heracleam, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129.—Impers.: ad eas (oleas) cum accederetur, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.—
(b). With in: ne in aedīs accederes, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36: in senatum, id. Att. 7, 4, 1: in Macedoniam, id. Phil. 10, 6: in funus aliorum, to join a funeral procession, id. Leg. 2, 26, 66 al.—
(g). With local adv.: eodem pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84: illo, Cic. Caecin. 16, 46: quo, Sall. J. 14, 17.—
(d). With acc. (so, except the names of localities, only in poets and historians, but not in Caesar and Livy): juvat integros accedere fontīs atque haurire, Lucr. 1, 927, and 4, 2: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, Verg. A. 1, 201: Sicanios portus, Sil. 14, 3; cf. id. 6, 604: Africam, Nep. Hann. 8: aliquem, Sall. J. 18, 9; 62, 1; Tac. H. 3, 24: classis Ostia cum magno commeatu accessit, Liv. 22, 37, 1: Carthaginem, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3.—(ε) With dat. (poet.): delubris, Ov. M. 15, 745: silvis, id. ib. 5, 674: caelo (i. e. to become a god), id. ib. 15, 818, and 870.—(* ζ) With inf.: dum constanter accedo decerpere (rosas), App. M. 4, p. 143 med.—(η) Absol.: accedam atque hanc appellabo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 17: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36: accessit propius, ib. 8, 22: quoties voluit blandis accedere dictis, Ov. M. 3, 375 al.—Impers.: non potis accedi, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 17 ed. Vahl.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat, Cic. Caecin. 8, 21.
B. In partic.
1. To approach a thing in a hostilemanner (like aggredior, adorior), to attack: acie instructa usque ad castra hostium accessit, Caes. B. G. 1, 51: sese propediem cum magno exercitu ad urbem accessurum, Sall. C. 32 fin.: ad manum, to fight hand to hand, to engage in close combat, Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30, 12: ad corpus alicujus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: Atque accedit muros Romana juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 10, 29 (Ann. v. 527 ed. Vahl.): hostīs accedere ventis navibus velivolis, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Ann. v. 380 ib.); and, in malam part., Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 22.—
2. Mercant. t. t.: accedere ad hastam, to attend an auction, Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—
3. In late Lat.: ad manus (different from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to kiss hands, Capit. Maxim. 5.
II. Fig.
A. In gen., to come near to, to approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32; so, clemens quidam sonus aurīs ejus accedit, App. M. 5, p. 160: si somnus non accessit, Cels. 3, 18; cf.: febris accedit, id. 3, 3 sq.: ubi accedent anni, Hor. S. 2, 2, 85; cf.: accedente senectā, id. Ep. 2, 2, 211.
B. In partic.
1. To come to or upon one, to happen to, to befall (a meaning in which it approaches so near to accĭdo that in many passages it has been proposed to change it to the latter; cf. Ruhnk. Rut. Lup. 1, p. 3; 2, p. 96; Dictat. in Ter. p. 222 and 225); constr. with ad or (more usually) with dat.: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, Ter. Phorm. prol. 29: num tibi stultitia accessit? have you become a fool? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77: paulum vobis accessit pecuniae, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56: dolor accessit bonis viris, virtus non est imminuta, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9: quo plus sibi aetatis accederet, id. de Or. 1, 60, 254 al.
2. With the accessory idea of increase, to be added = addi; constr. with ad or dat.: primum facie (i. e. faciei) quod honestas accedit, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 14; so ap. Non. 35, 20: ad virtutis summam accedere nihil potest, Cic. Fin. 4, 24: Cassio animus accessit, id. Att. 5, 20; 7, 3; id. Clu. 60 al.: pretium agris, the price increases, advances, Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 1.—Absol.: plura accedere debent, Lucr. 2, 1129: accedit mors, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73: quae jacerent in tenebris omnia, nisi litterarum lumen accederet, id. Arch. 6, 14 (so, not accenderet, is to be read).—If a new thought is to be added, it is expressed by accedit with quod (add to this, that, etc.) when it implies a logical reason, but with ut (beside this, it happens that, or it occurs that) when it implies an historical fact (cf. Zumpt, § 621 and 626): accedit enim, quod patrem amo, Cic. Att. 13, 21: so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Att. 1, 92 al.; Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 4, 16; Sall. C. 11, 5; on the other hand: huc accedit uti, etc., Lucr. 1, 192, 215, 265 al.: ad App. Claudii senectutem accedebat etiam ut caecus esset, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; so id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 86; id. Deiot. 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 16 al. When several new ideas are added, they are introduced by res in the plur.: cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent: quod per fines Sequanorum Helvetios transduxisset; quod obsides inter eos dandos curāsset; quod ea omnia, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 19. Sometimes the historical idea follows accedit, without ut: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec Andria ... gravida e Pamphilo est, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 11: accedit illud: si maneo ... cadendum est in unius potestatem, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.
3. To give assent to, accede to, assent to, to agree with, to approve of; constr. with ad or dat. (with persons only, with dat.): accessit animus ad meam sententiam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Nep. Milt. 3, 5: Galba speciosiora suadentibus accessit, Tac. H. 1, 34; so Quint. 9, 4, 2 al.
4. To come near to in resemblance, to resemble, be like; with ad or dat. (the latter most freq., esp. after Cic.): homines ad Deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando, Cic. Lig. 12: Antonio Philippus proximus accedebat, id. Brut. 147; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Ac. 2, 11, 36 al.
5. To enter upon, to undertake; constr. with ad or in: in eandem infamiam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 84: ad bellorum pericula, Cic. Balb. 10: ad poenam, to undertake the infliction of punishment, id. Off. 1, 25, 89: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: ad vectiǵalia, to undertake their collection as contractor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit, id. ib. 2, 2, 38; id. de Or. 1, 38, 175 al. But esp.: ad rem publicam, to enter upon the service of the state, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Rosc. Am. 1 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinaccēdō

Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin accēdō From ad- (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“to move, yield”).

Descendants
  • Catalanaccedir
  • Englishaccede
  • Frenchaccéder
  • Italianaccedere
  • Portugueseaceder
  • Romanianaccede
  • Spanishacceder
  • Galicianacceder
  • Asturianaceder
  • Asturianacceder

Quick answers

What does accēdō mean in Latin?
accēdō, a verb, means “to go or come toward, approach, reach; to advance, attack; to be added, join”.
What are the principal parts of accēdō?
accēdō, accēdere, accessī, accessum (third conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce accēdō?
In classical Latin, [akˈkeː.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [atˈt͡ʃɛː.do].
Where does accēdō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin accēdō.