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dīgressus , ūs, m. digredior,
I.a parting, separating; a going away, departure.
I. Lit. (good prose): “congressus nostri lamentationem pertimui, digressum vero non tulissem,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4; “opp. accessus,” id. N. D. 2, 19, 50; “c. c. discessus,” id. de Sen. 23, 85; cf. also id. Pis. 26, 63; id. Att. 1, 5, 4; Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107 al. —
II. Trop. only in Quint., a deviating in speech, digression, Quint. 10, 5, 17; 4, 3, 14; in plur., id. 10, 1, 49.
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.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.5.4
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.3.4
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 26.63
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.107
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.19
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 3.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.49
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 5.17
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