dē-grĕdĭor — Lewis & Short
dē-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3, v. dep.gradior,
I to go down, march down, descend (never, to go away, depart, like digredior—
freq. only after the Aug. period, esp. in Liv. and Tac.): de via in semitam,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 40 (dub.):
degressus ex arce,Liv. 5, 52:
templo,id. 8, 35:
monte,Sall. J. 49, 4:
colle,id. ib. 50, 1:
jugis,Tac. H. 1, 61:
Alpibus,id. ib. 2, 66 fin.:
palatio,id. ib. 3, 67 al.—Absol.:
degrediente eo magnā prosequentium multitudine,Tac. A. 13, 14; 13, 54; id. H. 2, 51; id. Agr. 37; Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 58:
in campum,Liv. 7, 24; 44, 5 fin.:
in specum,Tac. A. 2, 54 fin.:
in aequum,id. Agr. 18:
ad pedes,to alight, dismount, Liv. 3, 62 fin.; 29, 2. (In Cic. de Or. 2, 19, 80, the true reading is digredi.)