digredior
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + gradior (“step, walk”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪iˈɡrɛː.d̪i.or]
Verb
dīgredior (present infinitive dīgredī, perfect active dīgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent
- (intransitive) to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart
- (figuratively, intransitive) to depart, deviate, digress
Conjugation
Conjugation of dīgredior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: digress
References
- “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- digredior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- digredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to digress, deviate: digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)
- to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
- to digress, deviate: digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)