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ag-grĕdĭor (adg- ), gressus, 3, v. dep. gradior (
I.second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7: “adgredirier,id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).
II. Esp.
A. Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.: “quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50: “Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1: “Damasippum velim adgrediare,to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33: “legatos adgreditur,Sall. J. 46, 4: “adgredi aliquem pecuniā,” i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1: “reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,id. ib. 16, 4: “aliquem dictis,to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92: “aliquem precibus,to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37: “animos largitione,id. H. 1, 78: “acrius alicujus modestiam,id. A. 2, 26: “crudelitatem Principis,spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—
B. To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach): “quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?Cic. Phil. 12, 10: “milites palantes inermes adgredi,Sall. J. 66, 3: “adgressus eum interfecit,Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34: “aliquem vi,Sall. C. 43, 2: “unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,Liv. 23, 9: “regionem,Vell. 2, 109: “somno gravatum ferro,Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482; “13, 333: senatum,Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17: “inopinantes adgressus,Just. 2, 8.—
C. To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.: “quā de re disserere adgredior,Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981: “quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,id. 5, 111: “quidquam gerere,id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad: “si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,Cic. N. D. 3, 3: “ad dicendum,id. Brut. 37: “ad crimen,id. Clu. 3: “ad petitionem consulatūs,id. Mur. 7: “ad faciendam injuriam,id. Off. 1, 7 fin.—With acc.: “cum adgredior ancipitem causam,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186: “magnum quid,id. Att. 2, 14: “in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),id. Off. 1, 21, 73: “adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,id. Ac. 2, 20, 64: “aliam rem adgreditur,Sall. J. 92, 4: “adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,Liv. 1, 42: “opus adgredior opimum casibus,Tac. H. 1, 2: “multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,Liv. 24, 19: “ad rem publicam,Vell. 2, 33.—Poet.: “magnos honores,enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48: “fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,id. A. 2, 165: “Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3; “75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.
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