aggredior

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- (“to”) +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

Verb

aggredior (present infinitive aggredī, perfect active aggressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

  1. to advance or go to or towards, approach
    Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, prōficiō
    Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēgredior, dēficiō, dēcēdō
  2. to approach, address, apply to, solicit
  3. to attack, assault, beset, aggress
    Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, arripiō, assiliō, appetō, invehō, incessō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
  4. to undertake, begin, set about, assume
    Synonyms: ineō, incohō, coepiō, incipiō, initiō, assūmō, suscipiō, indūcō, induō, committō, adhibeō, adoptō
    Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
  5. to attempt, try
    Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, adnītor, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
  6. to lay claim to, seize
  7. to corrupt, bribe
    Synonyms: corrumpō, dēlēniō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of aggredior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aggredior aggrederis,
aggredere		 aggreditur aggredimur aggrediminī aggrediuntur
imperfect aggrediēbar aggrediēbāris,
aggrediēbāre		 aggrediēbātur aggrediēbāmur aggrediēbāminī aggrediēbantur
future aggrediar aggrediēris,
aggrediēre		 aggrediētur aggrediēmur aggrediēminī aggredientur
perfect aggressus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect aggressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect aggressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aggrediar aggrediāris,
aggrediāre		 aggrediātur aggrediāmur aggrediāminī aggrediantur
imperfect aggrederer aggrederēris,
aggrederēre		 aggrederētur aggrederēmur aggrederēminī aggrederentur
perfect aggressus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect aggressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — aggredere — — aggrediminī —
future — aggreditor aggreditor — — aggrediuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives aggredī aggressum esse aggressūrum esse — — —
participles aggrediēns aggressus aggressūrus — — aggrediendus,
aggrediundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aggrediendī aggrediendō aggrediendum aggrediendō aggressum aggressū

Derived terms
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Descendants

References
  • “aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aggredior in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • aggredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to prepare to do a thing: aggredi ad aliquid faciendum
    • to take a task in hand, engage upon it: opus aggredi
    • to come forward to make a speech; to address the house: aggredi ad dicendum
    • to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
    • to attack the enemy: aggredi hostem
    • to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi
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