digredior

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ gradior (step, walk).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīgredior (present infinitive dīgredī, perfect active dīgressus sum); third conjugation -variant, deponent

  1. (intransitive) to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart
    Synonyms: degredior, discedo, decedo, facesso, cedo, abeo, deficio
    Antonyms: aggredior, adorior, procedo, prodeo, adeo, proficio, incedo
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to depart, deviate, digress

Conjugation

Derived 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