I.to go down, march down, descend (never, to go away, depart, like digredior— “freq. only after the Aug. period, esp. in Liv. and Tac.): de via in semitam,” Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40 (dub.): “degressus ex arce,” Liv. 5, 52: “templo,” id. 8, 35: “monte,” Sall. J. 49, 4: “colle,” id. ib. 50, 1: “jugis,” Tac. H. 1, 61: “Alpibus,” id. ib. 2, 66 fin.: “palatio,” id. ib. 3, 67 al.—Absol.: “degrediente eo magnā prosequentium multitudine,” Tac. A. 13, 14; 13, 54; id. H. 2, 51; id. Agr. 37; Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58: “in campum,” Liv. 7, 24; 44, 5 fin.: “in specum,” Tac. A. 2, 54 fin.: “in aequum,” id. Agr. 18: “ad pedes,” to alight, dismount, Liv. 3, 62 fin.; 29, 2. (In Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80, the true reading is digredi.)
dē-grĕdĭor , gressus, 3, v. dep. gradior,