“enter” in Latin

inire: intrare: introire: ingredi (inire denotes almost always a figurative entering; e.g., inire pugnam, numerum, etc.; intrare, transitively, with emphasis on the verbal notion; introire, intransitively, with emphasis on the adverbial notion: in intrare, one thinks of crossing the threshold; in introire, of being enclosed within the four walls: intrare, introire, suppose a space purposely marked out by walls, boundaries, marks, etc.; but ingredi, a space limited in any way; e.g., viam, pontem, etc., Döderlein: introire takes accusative, or, more commonly, accusative with “in”). To enter the house, domum inire; domum or in domum introire; limen intrare: tectum subire (go under the roof); the gate, januam intrare (for the purpose of going into the house): the sun enters Scorpion, sol ingreditur Scorpionem, or transit in Scorpionem; also, in Geminos etc., introitum facit (Col.): to enter a ship, inscendere navem or in navem: to be entering his tenth year, annum aetatis decimum ingredi: to have entered his tenth year, annum aetatis decimum agere: to enter into life, introire vitam; in vitam ingredi: into public life, ad rempublicam accedere; rempublicam capessere: to enter upon an office, munus inire, ingredi, capessere, suscipere: to enter the service, militiam capessere: to enter into a treaty with anybody, foedus inire cum aliquo; foedus facere, inire, percutere cum aliquo; foedus jungere cum aliquo: to enter into an alliance or partnership with anybody, cum aliquo societatem coire (alicujus rei or de aliqua re, or in aliquid faciendum). To enter into conversation with anybody, sermonem instituere cum aliquo; dare se in sermonem alicujus (not cum aliquo); colloqui cum aliquo (colloquium mostly implies a particular purpose, like “colloquy”). Before I enter upon this part of my subject, priusquam ingrediar hanc partem (Quint.).

(α) (α) Enter by marching; to enter a country, terrain intrare; in terram procedere (of the soldiers); cum exercitu (copiis) in terram ingredi, or terram invadere; ducere or introducere exercitum in fines alicujus populi; exercitum in aliquem agrum inducere (of the general): as the troops entered the gates, legiones cum intravere portas.

(β) (β) Enter by being carried in, invehi. To enter a port, in portum invehi; in portum deferri; portum capere; in portum pervenire, pervehi.

Penetrate into, penetrare: invadere: influere: se infundere, infundi: se insinuare: to enter anybody’s body, in alicujus corpus descendere: the sword entered his bowels, ferrum in ilia descendit: this word entered deep into his mind, hoc verbum in pectus ejus alte descendit: the fear of the gods enters deep into men’s minds, metus deorum descendit ad animos.

Enter into (the meaning of) anything, capere or percipere aliquid, with or without animo or mente; percipere et cognoscere (general term): accipere (of a scholar); assequi. To enter into anything quickly, aliquid celeriter percipere (Quint.); aliquid arripere.

To enter (set down) in a book, referre aliquid in aliquid (e.g., in commentarios, in album). To enter a debt, nomen reddere or referre in codicem; in rationibus aliquid inducere (Cic., Fam., 3, 10, 6; also, in rationem inducere, to bring it to account; Cic., Verr., 2, 1, 41): to enter a sum received, acceptum or in acceptum referre aliquid: to enter as paid to anybody, aliquid expensum ferre alicui: to enter receipts and disbursements, expensa et accepta referre: to enter what I have given away, expensum muneribus ferre: to be entered at the university, *civitati academicae, or in civitatem academicam, ascribi; *in numerum civium academicorum ascisci.

To cause to be written down; to enter one’s name, nomen dare or edere (e.g., to serve in the army, or in the fleet, in classem). (nomen) profited apud aliquem.

To enter (=join one’s self to) an alliance, etc., accedere ad societatem: se applicare ad societatem.