previous next
ădĭtus , ūs, m. 1. adeo,
I.a going to, approach, access.
I. Lit.: “quorum abitu aut aditu,” Lucr. 1, 677: “urbes permultas uno aditu atque adventu esse captas,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 8: “quo neque sit ventis aditus,” Verg. G. 4, 9; so id. A. 4, 293, 423 al.—With ad: “aditus ad eum difficilior,” Cic. Att. 15, 8; so id. N. D. 2, 47 fin.; Ov. F. 1, 173; Tac. A. 2, 28.—With in (cf. 1. adeo): “aditus in id sacrarium non est viris,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45; so Auct. Or. pro Dom. 42, 110 al.: aditus ad me minime provinciales, which are not made in the manner customary (with the prœtor), Cic. Att. 1, 2.—
II. Transf.
A. The possibility, leave, permission, or right of approaching, or of admittance, access (cf. accessus): “faciles aditus ad eum privatorum,” Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14; so id. Rosc. Am. 38; id. Fam. 6, 13; Nep. Paus. 3; Liv. 41, 23; Hor. S. 1, 9, 56: “homo rari aditūs,” a man rarely accessible, Liv. 24, 5.—Trop.: “si qui mihi erit aditus de tuis fortunis agendi,” Cic. Fam. 6, 10; so Caes. B. G. 5, 41; id. B. C. 1, 31.—
B. Coner., the place through which one approaches a thing, an entrance, avenue, etc. (opp. abitus; cf. “also accessus): primo aditu vestibuloque prohibere,” Cic. Caecin. 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160: “aditus insulae muniti,” id. Att. 4, 16; so id. Phil. 1, 10; Caes. B. G. 4, 20; id. B. C. 2, 16; Liv. 36, 10; Ov. M. 3, 226; id. F. 6, 157; id. H. 18, 44.—Hence trop. (in Cic. very freq.): “quartus aditus ad initia rerum,” Varr. L. L. 5, § 8 Müll.: “aditus ad causam,” Cic. Sull. 2: “vestibula honesta aditusque ad causam illustres facere,” id. Or. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 21, 47; 3, 2; id. Off. 2, 9; id. Font. 5; id. Caecin. 25, 72; id. Agr. 2, 15; id. Att. 2, 17 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (37 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (37):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.10
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.13
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.8
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.17
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.16
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.20
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.41
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 8
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 38
    • Cicero, Philippics, 1.10
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.99
    • Cicero, For Marcus Fonteius, 5
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.2.160
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.15
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 25.72
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 12
    • Cicero, On Pompey's Command, 14
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.226
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.293
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.9
    • Horace, Satires, 1.9.56
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.31
    • Caesar, Civil War, 2.16
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.28
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.21
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.677
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 23
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.47
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.9
    • Cicero, Orator, 15
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: