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incedo

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃɛ.do/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdo
  • Hyphenation: in‧cè‧do

Verb

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incedo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of incedere

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From in- (against) +‎ cēdō (go, move).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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incēdō (present infinitive incēdere, perfect active incessī, future participle incessūrus); third conjugation

  1. to walk, stride, step, march (along)
  2. to walk or move … etc. with divine presence or attributes
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.46–48:
      “Ast ego, quae dīvum incēdō rēgīna, Iovisque
      et soror et coniūnx, ūnā cum gente tot annōs
      bella gerō. [...].”
      “But I, who walk in majesty as Queen of the Gods – both sister and wife of Jove – for so many years have waged war against one nation.”
      (The incessus of the gods is a gliding, dignified movement. Syncopation: div[or]um, from divus.)
  3. to advance (move forwards), proceed, process, go or move (about, in, or on)
    Synonyms: prōgredior, aggredior, prōdeō, gradior, prōficiō, prōcēdō, accēdō, subeō, adorior, ēvehō, vādō, succēdō, adeō
    Antonyms: dēgredior, dēficiō, discēdō, dēcēdō, cēdō, facessō, excēdō, dīgredior
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.140-141:
      Nec nōn et Phrygiī comitēs et laetus Iūlus / incēdunt. [...].
      Nor without the Phrygian comrades and joyful Iulus do they proceed.
      (Phrygian = Trojan; Iulus = Ascanius, son of Aeneas.)
  4. to assail, invade
    Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, oppugnō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, inruō, intrō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
  5. to cause (make happen)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: incedere

References

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  • incedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incedo in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
  • incedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be filled with indignation: indignatio aliquem incedit
    • to advance rapidly: citato gradu incedere (cf. sect. II. 5)
    • to march with closed ranks, in order of battle: agmine quadrato incedere, ire