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
- 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 - to advance, attack
- intransitivewith dativeto be added, join
- intransitivewith dativeto give assent to, accede or assent to, agree with, approve of
- intransitivewith dativeto come near to or approach in resemblance; to be like, resemble
- intransitiveto enter upon, undertake
- 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
propius veniōaccēdō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 3
approach
accēdō -ere, -cessī — in De Bello Gallico II
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | accēdō | accēdēbam | accēdam | accessī | accesseram | accesserō |
| 2nd sg. | accēdis | accēdēbās | accēdēs | accessistī | accesserās | accesseris |
| 3rd sg. | accēdit | accēdēbat | accēdet | accessit | accesserat | accesserit |
| 1st pl. | accēdimus | accēdēbāmus | accēdēmus | accessimus | accesserāmus | accesserimus |
| 2nd pl. | accēditis | accēdēbātis | accēdētis | accessistis | accesserātis | accesseritis |
| 3rd pl. | accēdunt | accēdēbant | accēdent | accessērunt accessēre | accesserant | accesserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | accēdam | accēderem | accesserim | accessissem |
| 2nd sg. | accēdās | accēderēs | accesserīs | accessissēs |
| 3rd sg. | accēdat | accēderet | accesserit | accessisset |
| 1st pl. | accēdāmus | accēderēmus | accesserīmus | accessissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | accēdātis | accēderētis | accesserītis | accessissētis |
| 3rd pl. | accēdant | accēderent | accesserint | accessissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | accēde | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | accēdite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | accēditō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | accēditō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | accēditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | accēduntō | — |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | accēdere | — |
| perfect infinitive | accessisse | — |
| future infinitive | accessūrum esse | — |
| present participle | accēdēns | — |
| future participle | accessūrus 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
accēdō or ad-cēdō cessī
(perf sync.accēstis, V.), cessūrus, ere, to go to, come to, come near, draw near, approach, enter: ad flammam inprudentius, T.: ad oppidum, Cs.: ad hastam, to attend an auction, N.: ad numerum harum, joins, O.: in oppidum: illo: quo, S.: quocumque, S.: iuxta, O.: proxime deos accessit Clodius: propius tribunal, Cu.: urbem, V.: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, V.; (poet.): delubris, O.: regno, shares, O.: sacris, takes part in, O.: accede, come here, O.: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit; (impers.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat.—Esp., to approach in a hostile manner, attack: acie instructā usque ad castra hostium accessit, Cs.: ad urbem, S.: ad manum, to come to close quarters, N. — Fig., to come near, approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit tuos, T.: ubi accedent anni et, etc., when the years shall come, in which, etc., H. — Esp., to come, happen, befall: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, T.: dolor accessit bonis viris.— With the idea of increase, to be added: ut ad causam novum crimen accederet: ad eas navīs accesserant sex, Cs.: Medis adcessere Libues, S.: tantum fiduciae Pompeianis accessit, their confidence rose so high, Cs.: huc accedebant conlecti ex praedonibus, these were joined by, Cs.; (poet.): in tua damna, O.—Esp. with a clause or neuter pron., representing a clause, as subject: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec, etc., T.: accedet etiam nobis illud, iudex est, etc<*> accessit etiam, quod illa pars equitatūs se cum iis coniunxerat. Cs.: e<*> accedebat, quod iudices dati non erant: huc adcedebat, quod exercitum habuerat, etc., S.: huc accedit, quod occultior vestra cupiditas esset; with ut: accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat: ad Appii senectutem accedebat, ut caecus esset: accedebat, ut tempestatem ferrent facilius, Cs.: ad hoc detrimentum accessit, ut prohiberentur, etc., Cs. —To assent, accede, agree, approve, accept: ad eius condiciones: ad hoc consilium, N.: suadentibus, Ta.—(In appearance or character), to come near, approach, resemble, be like: homines ad Deos nullā re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando: proxime ad nostram disciplinam illam: Antonio Philippus proxime accedebat.—To enter upon, undertake: ad bellorum pericula: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Cs.: ad vectigalia, to undertake the collection of: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit: ad invidiam levandam: has naturae partīs, take up, describe, V.: ad rem p., to enter on the service of the state: huic ego causae actor accessi, entered upon as prosecutor.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinaccēdō
Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin accēdō From ad- (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“to move, yield”).
Descendants
- Catalanaccedir
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- Italianaccedere
- Portugueseaceder
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- Galicianacceder
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