I.to go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “procedere ad forum,” Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2: “illuc procede,” id. Capt. 5, 2, 1: “a portu,” Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4: “nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus,” Hor. S. 1, 5, 20: “pedibus aequis,” Ov. P. 4, 5, 3: “passu tacito,” Val. Fl. 5, 351.—
B. In partic.
1. In milit. lang., to go or march forwards, to advance, Caes. B. C. 3, 34: “lente atque paulatim proceditur,” id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25: “agmen procedit,” Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19: “processum in aciem est,” Liv. 25, 21: “ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt,” id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.—
2. Of processions, to go on, set forward, move on, advance, etc.: “funus interim Procedit: sequimur,” Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49: “tacito procedens agmine,” Sil. 7, 91: “vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces,” id. 6, 443.—
C. Transf.
1. To go or come forth or out, to advance, issue: “foribus foras procedere,” Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12: “castris,” Verg. A. 12, 169: “extra munitiones,” Caes. B. G 5, 43: “in medium,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94: “e tabernaculo in solem,” id. Brut. 9, 37: “in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est,” to be born feet first, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45: “mediā procedit ab aulā,” Ov. M. 14, 46.—
b. In gen., to show one's self, to appear: “cum veste purpureā procedere,” Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119: “obviam alicui procedere,” to go towards, go to meet, id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.: “Jugurthae obvius procedit,” Sall. J. 21, 1: “obviam,” id. ib. 53, 5: “procedat vel Numa,” Juv. 3, 138.—
c. In partic., to issue from the mouth, to be uttered: “sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae,” Tac. A. 4, 60 init.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—
d. Of stars, etc., to rise, come into view: “Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,” Verg. E. 9, 47: “vesper,” id. ib. 6, 86.—
e. Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.—
2. Of plants, to put forth, spring forth, grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose): “antequam radices longius procedere possint,” Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: “plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit,” Col. 4, 22, 4: “gemma sine dubio processura,” Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.—
3. Of place, to project, extend: “ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat,” Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159: “Lydia super Ioniam procedit,” id. 5, 29, 30, § 110: “promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit,” id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.—
II. Trop.
A. Of time, to advance, pass, elapse (class.): “ubi plerumque noctis processit,” Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3: “jamque dies alterque dies processit,” Verg. A. 3, 356: “dies procedens,” Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: “procedente tempore,” in process of time, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17: “si aetate processerit,” Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50: “tempus processit,” Caes. B. C. 3, 25: “procedente die,” Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: “procedunt tempora tarde,” Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5: “incipient magni procedere menses,” Verg. E. 4, 12: “pars major anni jam processerat,” Liv. 3, 37.—
B. To come or go forth, to appear, to present or show one's self (poet. and post-Aug.): “nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu,” i. e. to conduct myself more gravely, to undertake more serious matters, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9: “quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit?” Petr. 2.—
2. In partic., to go or get on, to advance, make progress (class.; cf. “proficio): dicendi laude multum,” Cic. Brut. 36, 137: “in philosophiā,” id. Fin. 3, 2, 6: “honoribus longius,” id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48: “ad virtutis aditum,” id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: “ambitio et procedendi libido,” a passion for getting on, for rising in the world, Plin. Ep 8, 6, 3: “longius iras,” Verg. A. 5, 461: “perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint,” to what extent, how far, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: “ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,” id. Fin. 1, 9, 29: “eo vecordiae processit, ut,” went so far in folly, Sall. J. 5, 2: “Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum,” id. ib. 21, 1; so, “processit in id furoris,” Vell. 2, 80, 2: “eoque ira processit, ut, etc.,” Liv. 9, 26, 2: “ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores,” Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.—
C. To run on, continue, remain: “et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis,” i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous, Liv. 5, 48, 7: “ut iis stipendia procederent,” id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf. “aera,” id. 5, 7, 12.—
D. To go on, continue, follow; esp. of speech, etc.: “ad dissuadendum,” Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor λακωνισμὸν tuum: “altera jam pagella procedit,” Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—
E. To turn out, result, succeed, prosper (class.): “parum procedere,” Ter. And. 4, 1, 48; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7: “nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere,” Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123: “alicui pulcherrime,” id. Phil. 13, 19, 40: “alicui bene,” id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: “omnia prospere procedent,” Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.—Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.: “velut processisset Spurio Licinio,” Liv. 2, 44, 1.—Absol., to turn out or succeed well: “mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem,” Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34: “ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia,” id. ib. 4, 1, 4: “Syre, processisti hodie pulcre,” have succeeded finely, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 22: “si processit,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: “quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent,” Liv. 24, 26, 5.—
2. To turn out favorably for, to result in favor of, to benefit, be of use to one: “totidem dies emptori procedent,” Cato, R. R. 148: “benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt,” Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.—
F. To go or pass for, to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.): “ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant,” shall be reckoned as one, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32: “quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit,” ib. 24, 1, 11.—
G. To happen, take place, occur (ante-class.): “numquid processit ad forum hodie novi?” Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.—
H. To come or proceed from, to be derived from (post-class.): “res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt,” Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass.: “in processā aetate,” advanced, Scrib. Comp. 100.
