ag-grĕdĭor — Lewis & Short
ag-grĕdĭor (adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep.gradior (
I second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:
adgredirier,id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).
I In gen.:
ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:
adgredior hominem,id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:
non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—
II Esp.
A Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:
quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:
Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:
Damasippum velim adgrediare,to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:
legatos adgreditur,Sall. J. 46, 4:
adgredi aliquem pecuniā,i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:
reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,id. ib. 16, 4:
aliquem dictis,to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:
aliquem precibus,to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:
animos largitione,id. H. 1, 78:
acrius alicujus modestiam,id. A. 2, 26:
crudelitatem Principis,spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—
B To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):
quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?Cic. Phil. 12, 10:
milites palantes inermes adgredi,Sall. J. 66, 3:
adgressus eum interfecit,Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:
aliquem vi,Sall. C. 43, 2:
unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,Liv. 23, 9:
regionem,Vell. 2, 109:
somno gravatum ferro,Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;
13, 333: senatum,Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:
inopinantes adgressus,Just. 2, 8.—
C To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:
quā de re disserere adgredior,Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:
quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,id. 5, 111:
quidquam gerere,id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:
si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,Cic. N. D. 3, 3:
ad dicendum,id. Brut. 37:
ad crimen,id. Clu. 3:
ad petitionem consulatūs,id. Mur. 7:
ad faciendam injuriam,id. Off. 1, 7 fin.—With acc.:
cum adgredior ancipitem causam,Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:
magnum quid,id. Att. 2, 14:
in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),id. Off. 1, 21, 73:
adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:
aliam rem adgreditur,Sall. J. 92, 4:
adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,Liv. 1, 42:
opus adgredior opimum casibus,Tac. H. 1, 2:
multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,Liv. 24, 19:
ad rem publicam,Vell. 2, 33.—Poet.:
magnos honores,enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:
fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,id. A. 2, 165:
Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;
75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.