gradior

Latin

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Old Irish do·grē, Welsh grynnyaw (“to press, thrust”). The traditional connection of Proto-Slavic *gręsti (“to go”) (Old Church Slavonic грѧсти (gręsti, “to come, walk, go”)), Lithuanian gridyti (“to go, wander”), and Proto-Germanic *gridiz (“step”) (Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌳𐍃 (grids)), Old High German crit) is contested, as the Germanic and Balto-Slavic forms, as well as Old Irish ad·greinn (“to track, follow”), seem to trace back to a different root, Proto-Indo-European *gʰridʰ-, instead.^[1]

gradior (present infinitive gradī, perfect active gressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

to step, walk, stride
Synonyms: vādō, ambulō, deambulō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, eō, cēdō, īnferō
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.147:
  [...] ipse iugīs Cynthī graditur, [...].
  [Apollo] himself strides upon the ridges of Cynthus, [...].
(Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) (figuratively) to "walk" as in to act or behave, to join with
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.13.20:
  Quī cum sapientibus graditur, sapiēns erit: amīcus stultōrum efficiētur similis.
  He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
to advance, proceed, go, move
Synonyms: adorior, prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, subeō, aggredior, īnferō, succēdō, prōficiō

Antonyms: discēdō, dīgredior, facessō, excēdō, dēficiō, dēgredior, dēcēdō

Conjugation of gradior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gradior	graderis, gradere	graditur	gradimur	gradiminī	gradiuntur
	imperfect	gradiēbar	gradiēbāris, gradiēbāre	gradiēbātur	gradiēbāmur	gradiēbāminī	gradiēbantur
	future	gradiar	gradiēris, gradiēre	gradiētur	gradiēmur	gradiēminī	gradientur
	perfect	gressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gradiar	gradiāris, gradiāre	gradiātur	gradiāmur	gradiāminī	gradiantur
	imperfect	graderer	graderēris, graderēre	graderētur	graderēmur	graderēminī	graderentur
	perfect	gressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gradere	—	—	gradiminī	—
active	future	—	graditor	graditor	—	—	gradiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gradī	gressum esse	gressūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		gradiēns	gressus	gressūrus	—	—	gradiendus, gradiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		gradiendī	gradiendō	gradiendum	gradiendō	gressum	gressū

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gradior, gradī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 268-9