verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent
aggredior
aggredior (present infinitive aggredī, perfect active aggressus sum)
Classical[aɡˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[aɡˈɡrɛː.di.or]
Meaning
- deponentto advance or go to or towards, approach
- deponentto approach, address, apply to, solicit
- deponentto attack, assault, beset, aggress
- deponentto undertake, begin, set about, assume
- deponentto attempt, try
- deponentto lay claim to, seize
- deponentto corrupt, bribe
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
oppugnōaggredior -ī — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 10
attack
adgredior -ī, -gressus — in De Bello Gallico II and De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aggredior | aggrediēbar | aggrediar | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | aggrederis aggredere | aggrediēbāris aggrediēbāre | aggrediēris aggrediēre | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | aggreditur | aggrediēbātur | aggrediētur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | aggredimur | aggrediēbāmur | aggrediēmur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | aggrediminī | aggrediēbāminī | aggrediēminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | aggrediuntur | aggrediēbantur | aggredientur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aggrediar | aggrederer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | aggrediāris aggrediāre | aggrederēris aggrederēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | aggrediātur | aggrederētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | aggrediāmur | aggrederēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | aggrediāminī | aggrederēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | aggrediantur | aggrederentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | aggredere | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | aggrediminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | aggreditor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | aggreditor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | aggrediuntor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | aggredī | — |
| perfect infinitive | aggressum esse | — |
| future infinitive | aggressūrum esse | — |
| present participle | aggrediēns | — |
| perfect participle | aggressus aggressa, aggressā, aggressae, aggressam, aggressārum, aggressās, aggresse, aggressī, aggressīs, aggressō, aggressōrum, aggressōs | — |
| future participle | aggressūrus aggressūra, aggressūrā, aggressūrae, aggressūram, aggressūrārum, aggressūrās, aggressūre, aggressūrī, aggressūrīs, aggressūrō, aggressūrōrum, aggressūrōs, aggressūrum | aggrediendus aggrediundus, aggredienda, aggrediendā, aggrediendae, aggrediendam, aggrediendārum, aggrediendās, aggrediende, aggrediendīs, aggrediendōrum, aggrediendōs |
gerundaggrediendī, aggrediendō, aggrediendumsupineaggressum, aggressū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- opus aggredi
- to take a task in hand, engage upon it.
- aggredi hostem
- to attack the enemy.
- aggredi ad dicendum
- to come forward to make a speech; to address the house.
- aversos hostes aggredi
- to attack the enemy in the rear.
- aggredi ad aliquid faciendum
- to prepare to do a thing.
- ad causam aggredi or accedere
- to undertake a case.
ag-grĕdĭor (adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. gradior (
I. second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:
adgredirier, id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387). I. In gen.:
ad hunc Philenium adgredimur? Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90: adgredior hominem, id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.: non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—II. Esp.
A. Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:
quin ego hunc adgredior de illā? Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50: Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo, apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1: Damasippum velim adgrediare, to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33: legatos adgreditur, Sall. J. 46, 4: adgredi aliquem pecuniā, i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1: reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus, id. ib. 16, 4: aliquem dictis, to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92: aliquem precibus, to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37: animos largitione, id. H. 1, 78: acrius alicujus modestiam, id. A. 2, 26: crudelitatem Principis, spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—B. To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):
quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi? Cic. Phil. 12, 10: milites palantes inermes adgredi, Sall. J. 66, 3: adgressus eum interfecit, Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34: aliquem vi, Sall. C. 43, 2: unus adgressurus est Hannibalem, Liv. 23, 9: regionem, Vell. 2, 109: somno gravatum ferro, Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482; 13, 333: senatum, Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17: inopinantes adgressus, Just. 2, 8.—C. To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:
quā de re disserere adgredior, Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981: quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata, id. 5, 111: quidquam gerere, id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad: si adgredior ad hanc disputationem, Cic. N. D. 3, 3: ad dicendum, id. Brut. 37: ad crimen, id. Clu. 3: ad petitionem consulatūs, id. Mur. 7: ad faciendam injuriam, id. Off. 1, 7 fin.—With acc.: cum adgredior ancipitem causam, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186: magnum quid, id. Att. 2, 14: in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea), id. Off. 1, 21, 73: adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc., id. Ac. 2, 20, 64: aliam rem adgreditur, Sall. J. 92, 4: adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus, Liv. 1, 42: opus adgredior opimum casibus, Tac. H. 1, 2: multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda, Liv. 24, 19: ad rem publicam, Vell. 2, 33.—Poet.: magnos honores, enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48: fatale adgressi avellere Palladium, id. A. 2, 165: Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est, Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3; 75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt, Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aggredior (ad-g-) gressus, ī, dep.
ad + gradior, to approach: aliquo. — Esp., to approach, apply to, address: legatos aggreditur, S.: iudicem, to influence: mortales pecuniā, with bribes, S.: Venerem dictis, to accost, V.: astute, make advances, T.—To go against, fall upon, attack, assault: eos impeditos, Cs.: milites, S.: bene comitatum: alqm ferro, O.: murum scalis, S.: comminus, O.: adgressi iniciunt vincula, attacking, V.—Fig., to set about, undertake, assume, begin, attempt, try: de quibus dicere adgrediar: avellere Palladium, V.: oppidum oppugnare, Cs.: mollire impetum, L.: ad crimen: ad petitionem consulatūs, to become a candidate: ad faciendam iniuriam: ancipitem causam: maiora, S.: aliā viā, try another way, T. — To lay claim to, seize (poet.): magnos honores, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinaggredior
Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior From ad- (“to”) + gradior (“step, walk”).
Descendants
- Catalanagredir
- Englishaggress
- Frenchagresser
- Italianaggredire
- Portugueseagredir
- Spanishagredir
- Galicianagredir
- Luxembourgishagresséieren
- Piedmonteseagredì