aggredior

Latin

Alternative forms

adgredior

Etymology

From ad- (“to”) +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɡˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aɡˈɡrɛː.di.or]

Verb

aggredior (present infinitive aggredī, perfect active aggressus sum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent

to advance or go to or towards, approach
Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, prōficiō

Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēgredior, dēficiō, dēcēdō
to approach, address, apply to, solicit
to attack, assault, beset, aggress
Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, arripiō, assiliō, appetō, invehō, incessō, lacessō

Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
to undertake, begin, set about, assume
Synonyms: ineō, incohō, coepiō, incipiō, initiō, assūmō, suscipiō, indūcō, induō, committō, adhibeō, adoptō

Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō
to attempt, try
Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, adnītor, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
to lay claim to, seize
to corrupt, bribe
Synonyms: corrumpō, dēlēniō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aggredior (third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aggredior	aggrederis, aggredere		aggreditur	aggredimur	aggrediminī		aggrediuntur
	imperfect	aggrediēbar	aggrediēbāris, aggrediēbāre		aggrediēbātur	aggrediēbāmur	aggrediēbāminī		aggrediēbantur
	future	aggrediar	aggrediēris, aggrediēre		aggrediētur	aggrediēmur	aggrediēminī		aggredientur
	perfect	aggressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aggressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aggressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aggrediar	aggrediāris, aggrediāre		aggrediātur	aggrediāmur	aggrediāminī		aggrediantur
	imperfect	aggrederer	aggrederēris, aggrederēre		aggrederētur	aggrederēmur	aggrederēminī		aggrederentur
	perfect	aggressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aggressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	aggredere		—	—	aggrediminī		—
active	future	—	aggreditor		aggreditor	—	—		aggrediuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		aggredī		—		aggrediēns		—
future		aggressūrum esse		—		aggressūrus		aggrediendus, aggrediundus
perfect		aggressum esse		—		aggressus		—
future perfect		aggressum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		aggressūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		aggrediendī	aggrediendō		aggrediendum	aggrediendō	aggressum		aggressū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: agredir
English: aggress
French: agresser
Galician: agredir
Italian: aggredire
Luxembourgish: agresséieren
Piedmontese: agredì
Portuguese: agredir
Spanish: agredir

References

“aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aggredior in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
“aggredior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to prepare to do a thing: aggredi ad aliquid faciendum
- to take a task in hand, engage upon it: opus aggredi
- to come forward to make a speech; to address the house: aggredi ad dicendum
- to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
- to attack the enemy: aggredi hostem
- to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi