I.a going into, entering, an entrance.
I. Lit.: “Antonii in castra,” Vell. 2, 63, 2: “turba ad ingressum tuum te consalutavit,” Plin. Pan. 5, 4; 22 fin.: “haec in ipso ingressu meo (sc. in provinciam) scripsi,” Plin. Ep. ad Traj. 17, 4.— Esp.
B. A hostile entrance, inroad: “ingressus hostiles,” Tac. A. 15, 3.—
C. A going, walking, gait: “ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc.,” Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94: “prohiberi ingressu,” were prevented from moving, could not stir a step, Caes. B. C. 1, 84; cf.: “instabilemque ingressum praebere,” Liv. 24, 34, 15; so, “praebere ingressum,” Front. Stat. 3, 7, 4: “quaedam terrae ad ingressus tremunt,” Plin. 2, 94, 96, § 209: “celsior,” id. 11, 16, 16, § 51. —
II. Transf., the way into a place, entrance, passage: “trini ingressus,” Prud. Psych. 843; cf.: “vulgus quod Horatius arcet ingressu,” Aus. Edyll. 6 ep. —
III. Trop., an entering upon any thing, beginning, commencement: “in ingressu,” Quint. 9, 4, 72: “in ingressu (causae) ac fine,” id. 8 prooem. § 7: “ in ingresssu operis,” id. 10, 1, 48: “ingressus capere,” Verg. G. 4, 316: “Cannensis pugnae temerarius ingressus,” Val. Max. 4, 5, 2.
