digredior

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈɡre.di.or/, [d̪iːˈɡrɛd̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈɡre.di.or/, [d̪iˈɡrɛːd̪ior]

Verb

dīgredior (present infinitive dīgredī, perfect active dīgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

1. (intransitive) to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart

   Synonyms: degredior, discedo, decedo, facesso, cedo, abeo, deficio

   Antonyms: aggredior, adorior, procedo, prodeo, adeo, proficio, incedo

2. (figuratively, intransitive) to depart, deviate, digress

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīgredior		dīgrederis, dīgredere		dīgreditur		dīgredimur		dīgrediminī		dīgrediuntur
	imperfect	dīgrediēbar		dīgrediēbāris, dīgrediēbāre		dīgrediēbātur		dīgrediēbāmur		dīgrediēbāminī		dīgrediēbantur
	future	dīgrediar		dīgrediēris, dīgrediēre		dīgrediētur		dīgrediēmur		dīgrediēminī		dīgredientur
	perfect	dīgressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīgressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīgressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dīgrediar		dīgrediāris, dīgrediāre		dīgrediātur		dīgrediāmur		dīgrediāminī		dīgrediantur
	imperfect	dīgrederer		dīgrederēris, dīgrederēre		dīgrederētur		dīgrederēmur		dīgrederēminī		dīgrederentur
	perfect	dīgressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīgressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dīgredere		—		—		dīgrediminī		—
	future	—		dīgreditor		dīgreditor		—		—		dīgrediuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dīgredī			—			dīgrediēns			—
future		dīgressūrum esse			—			dīgressūrus			dīgrediendus, dīgrediundus
perfect		dīgressum esse			—			dīgressus			—
future perfect		dīgressum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		dīgressūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dīgrediendī		dīgrediendō		dīgrediendum		dīgrediendō		dīgressum		dīgressū

Derived terms

• dīgressiō
• dīgressīvus
• dīgressus

Related terms

• aggredior
• antegredior
• congredior
• dēgredior
• ēgredior
• gradior
• ingredior
• prōgredior
• regredior
• retrōgradior
• trānsgredior

Descendants

• English: digress

References

• “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• digredior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• digredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to digress, deviate: digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)
    
  • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi