verbthird conjugation
prōcēdō
prōcēdō (present infinitive prōcēdere, perfect active prōcessī, supine prōcessum)
Classical[proːˈkeː.doː]Ecclesiastical[proˈt͡ʃɛː.do]
№ 746 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- intransitiveto proceed, advance
- intransitiveto show oneself, appear, become visible
- to go towards, go to meet
- intransitiveto arrive at a certain result, turn out, succeed
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ante eō; exercitus prōcēdit.prōcēdō -ere prōcessī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
prōgrediorprōcēdō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 6
forās eō, exeōprōcēdō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 12
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōcēdō | prōcēdēbam | prōcēdam | prōcessī | prōcesseram | prōcesserō |
| 2nd sg. | prōcēdis | prōcēdēbās | prōcēdēs | prōcessistī | prōcesserās | prōcesseris |
| 3rd sg. | prōcēdit | prōcēdēbat | prōcēdet | prōcessit | prōcesserat | prōcesserit |
| 1st pl. | prōcēdimus | prōcēdēbāmus | prōcēdēmus | prōcessimus | prōcesserāmus | prōcesserimus |
| 2nd pl. | prōcēditis | prōcēdēbātis | prōcēdētis | prōcessistis | prōcesserātis | prōcesseritis |
| 3rd pl. | prōcēdunt | prōcēdēbant | prōcēdent | prōcessērunt prōcessēre | prōcesserant | prōcesserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōcēdam | prōcēderem | prōcesserim | prōcessissem |
| 2nd sg. | prōcēdās | prōcēderēs | prōcesserīs | prōcessissēs |
| 3rd sg. | prōcēdat | prōcēderet | prōcesserit | prōcessisset |
| 1st pl. | prōcēdāmus | prōcēderēmus | prōcesserīmus | prōcessissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | prōcēdātis | prōcēderētis | prōcesserītis | prōcessissētis |
| 3rd pl. | prōcēdant | prōcēderent | prōcesserint | prōcessissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōcēdor | prōcēdēbar | prōcēdar |
| 2nd sg. | prōcēderis prōcēdere | prōcēdēbāris prōcēdēbāre | prōcēdēris prōcēdēre |
| 3rd sg. | prōcēditur | prōcēdēbātur | prōcēdētur |
| 1st pl. | prōcēdimur | prōcēdēbāmur | prōcēdēmur |
| 2nd pl. | prōcēdiminī | prōcēdēbāminī | prōcēdēminī |
| 3rd pl. | prōcēduntur | prōcēdēbantur | prōcēdentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | prōcēdar | prōcēderer |
| 2nd sg. | prōcēdāris prōcēdāre | prōcēderēris prōcēderēre |
| 3rd sg. | prōcēdātur | prōcēderētur |
| 1st pl. | prōcēdāmur | prōcēderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | prōcēdāminī | prōcēderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | prōcēdantur | prōcēderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | prōcēde | prōcēdere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | prōcēdite | prōcēdiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | prōcēditō | prōcēditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | prōcēditō | prōcēditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | prōcēditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | prōcēduntō | prōcēduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | prōcēdere | prōcēdī |
| perfect infinitive | prōcessisse | prōcessum esse |
| future infinitive | prōcessūrum esse | prōcessum īrī |
| present participle | prōcēdēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | prōcessus prōcessa, prōcessā, prōcessae, prōcessam, prōcessārum, prōcessās, prōcesse, prōcessīs, prōcessō, prōcessōrum, prōcessōs |
| future participle | prōcessūrus prōcessūra, prōcessūrā, prōcessūrae, prōcessūram, prōcessūrārum, prōcessūrās, prōcessūre, prōcessūrī, prōcessūrīs, prōcessūrō, prōcessūrōrum, prōcessūrōs, prōcessūrum | prōcēdendus prōcēdundus, prōcēdenda, prōcēdendā, prōcēdendae, prōcēdendam, prōcēdendārum, prōcēdendās, prōcēdende, prōcēdendīs, prōcēdendōrum, prōcēdendōs |
gerundprōcēdendī, prōcēdendō, prōcēdendumsupineprōcessum, prōcessū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- procedere cum exercitu
- to advance with the army.
- longius progredi, procedere
- to march further forward.
- aliquid (bene, prospere) succedit or procedit (opp. parum procedere, non succedere)
- the matter progresses favourably, succeeds.
prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n.,
I. to go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.:
procedere ad forum, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2: illuc procede, id. Capt. 5, 2, 1: a portu, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4: nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 20: pedibus aequis, Ov. P. 4, 5, 3: passu tacito, Val. Fl. 5, 351.—B. In partic.
1. In milit. lang., to go or march forwards, to advance, Caes. B. C. 3, 34:
lente atque paulatim proceditur, id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25: agmen procedit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19: processum in aciem est, Liv. 25, 21: ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt, id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.—2. Of processions, to go on, set forward, move on, advance, etc.:
funus interim Procedit: sequimur, Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49: tacito procedens agmine, Sil. 7, 91: vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces, id. 6, 443.—C. Transf.
1. To go or come forth or out, to advance, issue:
foribus foras procedere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12: castris, Verg. A. 12, 169: extra munitiones, Caes. B. G 5, 43: in medium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94: e tabernaculo in solem, id. Brut. 9, 37: in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est, to be born feet first, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45: mediā procedit ab aulā, Ov. M. 14, 46.—b. In gen., to show one's self, to appear:
cum veste purpureā procedere, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119: obviam alicui procedere, to go towards, go to meet, id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.: Jugurthae obvius procedit, Sall. J. 21, 1: obviam, id. ib. 53, 5: procedat vel Numa, Juv. 3, 138.—c. In partic., to issue from the mouth, to be uttered:
sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae, Tac. A. 4, 60 init.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—d. Of stars, etc., to rise, come into view:
Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum, Verg. E. 9, 47: vesper, id. ib. 6, 86.—e. Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.—
2. Of plants, to put forth, spring forth, grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose):
antequam radices longius procedere possint, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit, Col. 4, 22, 4: gemma sine dubio processura, Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.—3. Of place, to project, extend:
ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159: Lydia super Ioniam procedit, id. 5, 29, 30, § 110: promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit, id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.—II. Trop.
A. Of time, to advance, pass, elapse (class.):
ubi plerumque noctis processit, Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3: jamque dies alterque dies processit, Verg. A. 3, 356: dies procedens, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: procedente tempore, in process of time, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17: si aetate processerit, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50: tempus processit, Caes. B. C. 3, 25: procedente die, Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: procedunt tempora tarde, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5: incipient magni procedere menses, Verg. E. 4, 12: pars major anni jam processerat, Liv. 3, 37.—B. To come or go forth, to appear, to present or show one's self (poet. and post-Aug.):
nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu, i. e. to conduct myself more gravely, to undertake more serious matters, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9: quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit? Petr. 2.—2. In partic., to go or get on, to advance, make progress (class.; cf.
proficio): dicendi laude multum, Cic. Brut. 36, 137: in philosophiā, id. Fin. 3, 2, 6: honoribus longius, id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48: ad virtutis aditum, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: ambitio et procedendi libido, a passion for getting on, for rising in the world, Plin. Ep 8, 6, 3: longius iras, Verg. A. 5, 461: perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint, to what extent, how far, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio, id. Fin. 1, 9, 29: eo vecordiae processit, ut, went so far in folly, Sall. J. 5, 2: Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum, id. ib. 21, 1; so, processit in id furoris, Vell. 2, 80, 2: eoque ira processit, ut, etc., Liv. 9, 26, 2: ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores, Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.—C. To run on, continue, remain:
et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis, i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous, Liv. 5, 48, 7: ut iis stipendia procederent, id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf. aera, id. 5, 7, 12.—D. To go on, continue, follow; esp. of speech, etc.:
ad dissuadendum, Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor λακωνισμὸν tuum: altera jam pagella procedit, Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—E. To turn out, result, succeed, prosper (class.):
parum procedere, Ter. And. 4, 1, 48; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7: nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere, Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123: alicui pulcherrime, id. Phil. 13, 19, 40: alicui bene, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: omnia prospere procedent, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.—Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.: velut processisset Spurio Licinio, Liv. 2, 44, 1.—Absol., to turn out or succeed well: mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34: ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia, id. ib. 4, 1, 4: Syre, processisti hodie pulcre, have succeeded finely, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 22: si processit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent, Liv. 24, 26, 5.—2. To turn out favorably for, to result in favor of, to benefit, be of use to one:
totidem dies emptori procedent, Cato, R. R. 148: benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt, Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.—F. To go or pass for, to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.):
ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant, shall be reckoned as one, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32: quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit, ib. 24, 1, 11.—G. To happen, take place, occur (ante-class.):
numquid processit ad forum hodie novi? Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.—H. To come or proceed from, to be derived from (post-class.):
res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt, Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass.: in processā aetate, advanced, Scrib. Comp. 100.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prō-cēdō cessī, —, ere,
to go before, go forward, advance, proceed, march on, move forward, go forth: in portum: nil procedere lintrem Sentimus, H.: pedibus aequis, O.: lente atque paulatim proceditur, Cs.: processum in aciem est, L.: huic tota obviam civitas processerat, had gone out to meet: Vidit classem procedere velis, V.—To go forth, go out, advance, issue: castris, V.: extra munitiones, Cs.: e tabernaculo in solem: mediā ab aulā, O.—To come forward, show oneself, appear: cum veste purpureā: procedat vel Numa, Iu.: Ecce processit Caesaris astrum, hath risen, V.: voces procedebant contumaces, i. e. were heard, Ta. —Fig., of time, to advance, pass, elapse: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Iam dies processit, V.: dies procedens: tempus processit, Cs.: procedunt tempora tarde, O.: incipient magni procedere menses, V.: pars maior anni iam processerat, L.—To come forth, appear, arise: posteaquam philosophia processit: altera iam pagella procedit, i. e. is already begun.—To get on, advance, make progress: in philosophiā: ad virtutis habitum: longius iras, V.: eo vecordiae processit, ut, went so far in folly, S.: nec ultra minas processum est, L.: eoque ira processit, ut, etc., L.—To run on, continue, remain: cum stationes procederent, i. e. guard duty was unremitting, L.: ut iis stipendia procederent, L.: Illi procedit rerum mensura tuarum, i. e. is passed to her credit, O.—To turn out, result, succeed, prosper: processisti pulcre, you have succeeded finely, T.: si bene processit: ubi id parum processit, failed, L.: quasi ei pulcherrime priora (maledicta) processerint: omnia prospere procedent: benefacta mea rei p. procedunt, are of service, S.—Impers: velut processisset Spurio, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprōcēdō
Proto-Italic *kezdō Latin cēdō Latin prōcēdō From prō- + cēdō.
Descendants
- Romanianpurcede
- Catalanprocedir
- Englishproceed
- Englishprocess
- Frenchprocéder
- Italianprocedere
- Portugueseproceder
- Romanianproceda
- Spanishproceder
- Esperantoprocedi
In English words that came into English from prōcēdō
- processprōcessus
- procedureprōcēdō
- proceedprōcēdō
- processionprōcessiō
- procedendoprocedendo