previous next
-grĕdĭor , gressus, 3,
I.v. dep. n. [gradior], to go apart or asunder, to separate, part; to go away, depart, = discedere (class.).
II. Trop., to go aside, deviate, depart. —With term. a quo: nos nostro officio nihil digressos esse. * Ter. Ph. 4, 5, 10.—
B. Esp., in speaking or writing, to digress (but de-gredi, which is sometimes found in edd. in this sense is incorrect, v. h. v.): “digredi ab eo, quod proposueris,Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 311: “parumper a causa,id. Brut. 93 fin.: “de causa,id. Inv. 1, 51 fin.: “ex eo et regredi in id,Quint. 10, 6, 5.—Absol.: “saepe datur ad commovendos animos digrediendi locus,Cic. de Or. 2, 77, 312; so ib. 2, 19, 80; Quint. 3, 11, 26; 4, 3, 17: “verum huc longius, quam voluntas fuit, ab epistola Timarchidi digressa est oratio mea,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69 fin.: “sed eo jam, unde huc digressi sumus, revertamur,id. N. D. 3, 23 fin.; cf. id. Brut. 87 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 15.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (39 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (39):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.12
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 3.9
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.161
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.42
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.492
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 4.80
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 74
    • Suetonius, Nero, 43
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.26.4
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.57.4
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.72.4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.27
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.69
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.73
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.74
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.69
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 6
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.77
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 43
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 37
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 35, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 35
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.40
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.23
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 3, 11.26
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.15
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 3.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 6.5
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 109
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 18
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 22
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 79
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 94
    • Cicero, Brutus, 87
    • Cicero, Brutus, 93
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.51
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: