noun · masculinefourth declension
incessus
incessus m (genitive incessūs)
Classical[ɪŋˈkɛs.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛs.sus]
Meaning
- masculinebearing, walk, gait
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
modus ambulandīincessus -ūs (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20 and Aeneis, ch. 3
modus eundī, gradusincessus -ūs (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | incessus | incessūs |
| genitive | incessūs | incessuum |
| dative | incessuī | incessibus |
| accusative | incessum | incessūs |
| ablative | incessū | incessibus |
| vocative | incessus | incessūs |
incessus, ūs, m. incedo,
I. a going, walking, pace, gait.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (class.):
status, incessus, sessio, accubitio, vultus, oculi, manuum motus teneant illud decorum, Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; cf. id. Or. 18, 59: citus modo, modo tardus, Sall. C. 15, 8: fractus, effeminate, unmanly, Quint. 5, 9, 14; cf.: in incessu mollior, Ov. A. A. 3, 306: incessus Seplasia dignus, Cic. Pis. 11, 24: erectus, Tac. H. 1, 53: omnibus animalibus certus et uniusmodi incessus est, Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111: vera incessu patuit dea, Verg. A. 1, 405: incessum fingere, Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77; id. Cael. 20, 49: qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur, Juv. 2, 17: tot hominum jumentorumque incessu dilapsa est (nix), the tread, trampling, Liv. 21, 36, 6: pulvis velut ingentis agminis incessu motus apparuit, id. 10, 41, 5.—Of a threatening approach (cf. B. infra): sacerdotes eorum facibus ardentibus anguibusque praelatis incessu furiali militem Romanum insueta turbaverunt specie, Liv. 7, 17, 3.—In plur., Ov. M. 11, 636 — B. In partic. (acc. to incedo, I. B.), a hostile irruption, invasion, attack (very rare, except in Tacitus):
Parthorum, Tac. A. 12, 50: primo incessu solvit obsidium, id. ib. 4, 24; 2, 55; 3, 74. — * Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
incessus ūs, m
1 in+1 CAD-, a going, walking, pace, gait: Seplasiā dignus: citus, tardus, S.: vera incessu patuit dea, V.: incessum fingere: Turbonis in armis, H.: morbum incessu fateri, Iu.: tot hominum iumentorumque incessu dilapsa est (nix), tread, L.: incessu tacito progressus, step, V.: Exprimit incessūs, peculiarities of gait, O.— An advance, approach: sacerdotes incessu furiali militem turbaverunt, L.: incessūs hostis claudere, Ta.—An attack, hostile approach: Parthorum, Ta.
In English words that came into English from incessus
- incessiveincessus