in-cēdo — Lewis & Short
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.
(a) 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.—
(b) With acc.:
incedunt maestos locos,Tac. A. 1, 61:
scaenam,id. ib. 14, 15:
fontem aquae nando,id. ib. 14, 22.—
B In partic., in milit. lang., to move forwards, advance, march:
barbari in perculsos Romanos acrius incedere,Sall. J. 101, 7:
in erumpentes,Liv. 9, 21:
cohortes paulatim incedere jubet,Sall. C. 60, 1:
munito agmine,id. J. 46, 6:
agmen reliquum incedere coepit,Liv. 21, 33, 1:
segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant,id. 28, 14, 18:
Sabini usque ad portas urbis populantes incessere,id. 2, 63, 7:
propius incedentes,Tac. A. 4, 47:
quod gnarum duci incessitque itineri et proelio paratus,id. ib. 1, 51 (Ritter, but Halm omits paratus).—
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.
(a) With dat. (so most freq.):
exercitui omni tantus incessit ex incommodo dolor, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 1:
magnus omnium incessit timor animis,id. ib. 2, 29, 1:
mulieres, quibus belli timor insolitus incesserat, etc.,Sall. C. 31, 3 Kritz N. cr.; id. H. 2, 60:
gravior cura patribus incessit,Liv. 4, 57, 10:
incedebat enim deterrimo cuique licentia,Tac. A. 3, 36:
cupido incessit animo,Curt. 7, 11, 4; 3, 1, 16:
si sterilitas annorum incessit hominibus,Col. 2, 10, 1; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.—
(d) Absol.:
nova nunc religio unde istaec incessit?Ter. And. 4, 3, 15:
tantus eo facto timor incessit,Caes. B. C. 3, 101;
Auct. B. Alex. 7: postquam tenebrae incedebant,Tac. A. 15, 37; cf.:
ubi crepusculum incesserit,Col. 11, 1, 18:
ubi tempestas incessit,id. 12, 2, 5:
frigora,id. 12, 52, 12:
siccitates,id. 5, 9, 11:
lascivia atque superbia incessere,Sall. J. 41, 3:
ubi Romam legati venere, tanta commutatio incessit, uti, etc.,id. ib. 13, 7:
religio deinde incessit, vitio eos creatos,Liv. 8, 17, 4:
ubi pro modestia ac pudore ambitio et vis incedebat,Tac. A. 3, 26:
haud invito imperatore ea fieri occultus rumor incedebat,went abroad, spread about, id. ib. 2, 55 fin.