LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent

dīgredior

dīgredior (present infinitive dīgredī, perfect active dīgressus sum)
Classical[diːˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]Ecclesiastical[diˈɡrɛː.di.or]

Meaning

  1. deponentintransitiveto go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart
  2. deponentfigurativelyintransitiveto depart, deviate, digress

Conjugation deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dīgrediordīgrediēbardīgrediar———
2nd sg.dīgrederis
dīgredere
dīgrediēbāris
dīgrediēbāre
dīgrediēris
dīgrediēre
———
3rd sg.dīgrediturdīgrediēbāturdīgrediētur———
1st pl.dīgredimurdīgrediēbāmurdīgrediēmur———
2nd pl.dīgrediminīdīgrediēbāminīdīgrediēminī———
3rd pl.dīgrediunturdīgrediēbanturdīgredientur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dīgrediardīgrederer——
2nd sg.dīgrediāris
dīgrediāre
dīgrederēris
dīgrederēre
——
3rd sg.dīgrediāturdīgrederētur——
1st pl.dīgrediāmurdīgrederēmur——
2nd pl.dīgrediāminīdīgrederēminī——
3rd pl.dīgredianturdīgrederentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dīgredere—
pres. 2nd pl.dīgrediminī—
fut. 2nd sg.dīgreditor—
fut. 3rd sg.dīgreditor—
fut. 3rd pl.dīgrediuntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīgredī—
perfect infinitivedīgressum esse—
future infinitivedīgressūrum esse—
present participledīgrediēns—
perfect participledīgressus
dīgressa, dīgressā, dīgressae, dīgressam, dīgressārum, dīgressās, dīgresse, dīgressī, dīgressīs, dīgressō, dīgressōrum, dīgressōs
—
future participledīgressūrus
dīgressūra, dīgressūrā, dīgressūrae, dīgressūram, dīgressūrārum, dīgressūrās, dīgressūre, dīgressūrī, dīgressūrīs, dīgressūrō, dīgressūrōrum, dīgressūrōs, dīgressūrum
dīgrediendus
dīgrediundus, dīgredienda, dīgrediendā, dīgrediendae, dīgrediendam, dīgrediendārum, dīgrediendās, dīgrediende, dīgrediendīs, dīgrediendōrum, dīgrediendōs
gerunddīgrediendī, dīgrediendō, dīgrediendumsupinedīgressum, dīgressū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

digressus, digressio, egressio
a digression, episode.
digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)
to digress, deviate.
sed ad id, unde digressi sumus, revertamur
but to return from the digression we have been making.
verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamur
but to return from the digression we have been making.
a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
to digress from the point at issue.

dī-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3,
I. v. dep. n. [gradior], to go apart or asunder, to separate, part; to go away, depart, = discedere (class.).
I. Lit.: luna tum congrediens cum sole, tum digrediens, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103; cf.: digredimur paulum rursumque ad bella coimus, Ov. M. 9, 42: ita utrique digrediuntur, Sall. J. 22 fin.; cf.: digredimur flentes, Ov. H. 18, 117: ubi digressi, Verg. A. 4, 80.—With term. a quo: numquam est a me digressus, Cic. Sull. 12: ab aliquo, id. Fam. 4, 12; 12, 18; id. Att. 3, 9; Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 4; Sall. J. 18, 11; Liv. 22, 7 al.; cf.: a marito, to abandon, Suet. Caes. 43: a colloquio Caninii, Caes. B. C. 1, 26, 4; Liv. 39, 35: a Corcyra, id. 42, 37: ex eo loco, Caes. B. C. 1, 72, 4; cf.: ex colloquio, Liv. 35, 38: domo, Sall. J. 79, 7: triclinio, Suet. Ner. 43; cf. id. Aug. 74: inde, id. Tib. 6 al. —Absol.: hos ego digrediens lacrimis affabar obortis, Verg. A. 3, 492; cf. id. 5, 650; Tac. A. 1, 27; id. H. 3, 69 al.: dein statim digrediens, stepping aside, Sall. J. 94, 2 Kritz. —With term. ad quem: ambo in sua castra digressi, Sall. J. 109, 3; Tac. A. 4, 74; 6, 1; cf.: in urbem ad capessendos magistratus, id. Agr. 6: ad sua tutanda, id. A. 4, 73; Front. Strat. 1, 4, 3: Seleuciam, Tac. A. 2, 69: domum, id. ib. 2, 30: digredientem eum cum Caesare circumsistunt, id. ib. 1, 27.
II. Trop., to go aside, deviate, depart. —With term. a quo: nos nostro officio nihil digressos esse. * Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 10.—
B. Esp., in speaking or writing, to digress (but de-gredi, which is sometimes found in edd. in this sense is incorrect, v. h. v.): digredi ab eo, quod proposueris, Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 311: parumper a causa, id. Brut. 93 fin.: de causa, id. Inv. 1, 51 fin.: ex eo et regredi in id, Quint. 10, 6, 5.—Absol.: saepe datur ad commovendos animos digrediendi locus, Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312; so ib. 2, 19, 80; Quint. 3, 11, 26; 4, 3, 17: verum huc longius, quam voluntas fuit, ab epistola Timarchidi digressa est oratio mea, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.: sed eo jam, unde huc digressi sumus, revertamur, id. N. D. 3, 23 fin.; cf. id. Brut. 87 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 15.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīgredior

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin dīgredior From dis- + gradior (“step, walk”).

Descendants
  • Englishdigress

In English words that came into English from dīgredior

  • digressiondigressio
  • digressdigressum

Quick answers

What does dīgredior mean in Latin?
dīgredior, a verb, means “to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart; to depart, deviate, digress”.
What are the principal parts of dīgredior?
dīgredior, dīgredī (third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce dīgredior?
In classical Latin, [diːˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈɡrɛː.di.or].
Where does dīgredior come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīgredior.