aggredior

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (to) +‎ gradior (step, walk).

Pronunciation

Verb

aggredior (present infinitive aggredī, perfect active aggressus sum); third conjugation -variant, deponent

  1. to advance or go to or towards, approach
    Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, prōficiō
    Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēgredior, dēficiō, dēcēdō
  2. to approach, address, apply to, solicit
  3. to attack, assault, beset, aggress
    Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, arripiō, assiliō, appetō, invehō, incessō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
  4. to undertake, begin, set about, assume
    Synonyms: ineō, incohō, coepiō, incipiō, initiō, assūmō, suscipiō, indūcō, induō, committō, adhibeō, adoptō
    Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
  5. to attempt, try
    Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, adnītor, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
  6. to lay claim to, seize
  7. to corrupt, bribe
    Synonyms: corrumpō, dēlēniō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: agredir
  • English: aggress
  • French: agresser
  • Galician: agredir
  • Italian: aggredire
  • Luxembourgish: agresséieren
  • Piedmontese: agredì
  • Portuguese: agredir
  • Spanish: agredir

References

  • aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aggredior in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • aggredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to prepare to do a thing: aggredi ad aliquid faciendum
    • to take a task in hand, engage upon it: opus aggredi
    • to come forward to make a speech; to address the house: aggredi ad dicendum
    • to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
    • to attack the enemy: aggredi hostem
    • to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi