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in-cēdo , cessi, cessum (
I.sync. perf. incesti, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 11), 3, v. n. and a., to go, step, or march along at a measured pace (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α). Neutr.: “tenero et molli ingressu suspendimus gradum: non ambulamus, sed incedimus,Sen. Q. N. 7, 31: “per vias,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71; cf.: “socios per ipsos,Verg. A. 5, 188: “viā,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 32: “tota in urbe,Ov. F. 6, 653: “quacumque incederet,Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49: “quam taeter incedebat, quam truculentus,id. Sest. 8, 19: “incessit deinde, qua duxit praedae spes, victor exercitus,Liv. 8, 36, 9: “etiam si pedes incedat, memorabilem fore,id. 28, 9, 15: servi pedibus, liberi non nisi equis incedunt. i. e. walk ... ride, Just. 41, 3, 4; cf.: “incedunt pueri, pariterque ante ora parentum Frenatis lucent in equis,Verg. A. 5, 553: “a foro domum,Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 6: “sessum impransum,id. Poen. prol. 10: “qui huc incedit,id. Most. 1, 3, 152: “ad me,id. Am. 1, 1, 179: “huc ad nos,id. Trin. 5, 2, 27; cf.: “undique nuntii incedunt, qui afferrent, etc.,Tac. A. 11, 32: “ut ovans praeda onustus incederem,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 146: “vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existumes,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 174: “quem modo decoratum ovantemque victoria incedentem vidistis,Liv. 1, 16, 10; 2, 6, 7: “claro honore,Lucr. 3, 76: “omnibus laetitiis,Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2: “incedunt per ora vestra magnifici,Sall. J. 31, 10: “ego quae divum incedo regina,who walk majestic as, who am, Verg. A. 1, 46; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 6: “matrona incedit census induta nepotum,id. 3, 13, 11 (4, 12): “ut mea Luxuria Nemesis fluat ut que per urbem Incedat donis conspicienda meis,Tib. 2, 3, 52.—
(β). With acc.: “incedunt maestos locos,Tac. A. 1, 61: “scaenam,id. ib. 14, 15: “fontem aquae nando,id. ib. 14, 22.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen. (rare): “malitiae lenonis contra incedam,will encounter, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 31: “facilius ad inventionem animus incedet si, etc.,will proceed to, Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45 Orell. N. cr.
B. In partic.
1. To triumph over, exult over; with dat.: “meo nunc superbus incedis malo,Hor. Epod. 15, 18: “ille superbus incedet victis rivalibus,Juv. 12, 126.—
2. Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to come to, happen to, befall, attack, seize one; to approach, arrive, appear, occur (perh. not in Cic.); constr. with dat., acc., in and acc., or absol.
(β). With acc.: “ipsum ingens cupido incesserat Tarenti potiundi,Liv. 24, 13, 5: “timor patres incessit, ne, etc.,id. 1, 17, 4; 2, 7, 1; 2, 32, 1; “7, 39, 4 et saep.: indignatio hostes incessit,id. 3, 60: “adversa valetudo aliquem,Tac. A. 3, 71: “ingens animos desperatio incessit,Curt. 4, 2, 16; 3, 8, 25: “stupor omnes et admiratio incessit,Just. 22, 6, 11: cupido incessit aliquem (with acc. and inf.), Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 38, 6; 2, 16, 3.—
(γ). With in and acc.: “vis morbi, pestilentia incedit in castra, in Poenos Romanosque,Liv. 29, 10, 3: pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, id. 28, 46, 15.—
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.9.2
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 32.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 6.7
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    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.3
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 4.3
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.3
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 5.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.46
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.553
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    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.74.1
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.32
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    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 101
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.76
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 10.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 36
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 9.15
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