incessus — Lewis & Short
incessus, ūs, m.incedo,
I a going, walking, pace, gait.
I Lit.
A In gen. (class.):
status, incessus, sessio, accubitio, vultus, oculi, manuum motus teneant illud decorum,Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; cf. id. Or. 18, 59:
citus modo, modo tardus,Sall. C. 15, 8:
fractus,effeminate, unmanly, Quint. 5, 9, 14; cf.:
in incessu mollior,Ov. A. A. 3, 306:
incessus Seplasia dignus,Cic. Pis. 11, 24:
erectus,Tac. H. 1, 53:
omnibus animalibus certus et uniusmodi incessus est,Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:
vera incessu patuit dea,Verg. A. 1, 405:
incessum fingere,Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 77; id. Cael. 20, 49:
qui vultu morbum incessuque fatetur,Juv. 2, 17:
tot hominum jumentorumque incessu dilapsa est (nix),the tread, trampling, Liv. 21, 36, 6:
pulvis velut ingentis agminis incessu motus apparuit,id. 10, 41, 5.—Of a threatening approach (cf. B. infra):
sacerdotes eorum facibus ardentibus anguibusque praelatis incessu furiali militem Romanum insueta turbaverunt specie,Liv. 7, 17, 3.—In plur., Ov. M. 11, 636 —
B In partic. (acc. to incedo, I. B.), a hostile irruption, invasion, attack (very rare, except in Tacitus):
Parthorum,Tac. A. 12, 50:
primo incessu solvit obsidium,id. ib. 4, 24; 2, 55; 3, 74. — *
II Transf., concr., an entrance, approach:
incessus hostis claudere,Tac. A. 6, 33.