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accedo
accedo
See also: accedò
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
ad- (“to, toward, at”) + cēdō (“I move, yield”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkeː.doː/
Verb
accēdō (present infinitive accēdere, perfect active accessī, supine accessum); third conjugation
- I go or come toward, approach, reach.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.11
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Quam simul adspexit, "comites accedite!" dixit.
- To what degree has he simultaneously considered and said "Comrades, come near!".
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Quam simul adspexit, "comites accedite!" dixit.
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- I advance, attack.
- I am added, join.
- I give assent to, accede or assent to, agree with, approve of.
- I come near to or approach in resemblance; I am like, resemble.
- I enter upon, undertake.
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Terms derived from accedo
Descendants
References
- accedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to advance nearer to the city: propius accedere ad urbem or urbem
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
- to take a task in hand, engage upon it: ad opus faciendum accedere
- to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
- to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere
- to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
- to take courage: animus alicui accedit, crescit
- to approach the gods: propius ad deos accedere (Mil. 22. 59)
- to devote oneself to politics, a political career: accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
- to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
- to advance nearer to the city: propius accedere ad urbem or urbem