ingressus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect active (or passive, with active meaning) participle of ingredior

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈɡres.sus/, [ɪŋˈɡrɛs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈɡres.sus/, [iŋˈɡrɛsːus]

Participle

ingressus (feminine ingressa, neuter ingressum); first/second-declension participle

1. entered
2. engaged in
3. begun, commenced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ingressus	ingressa	ingressum		ingressī	ingressae	ingressa
genitive	ingressī	ingressae	ingressī		ingressōrum	ingressārum	ingressōrum
dative	ingressō	ingressae	ingressō		ingressīs
accusative	ingressum	ingressam	ingressum		ingressōs	ingressās	ingressa
ablative	ingressō	ingressā	ingressō		ingressīs
vocative	ingresse	ingressa	ingressum		ingressī	ingressae	ingressa

Noun

ingressus m (genitive ingressūs); fourth declension

1. entrance (act and structure)

   Synonyms: iānua, līmen, initium, foris, porta, vestibulum, ingressiō

   Antonym: abitus

2. inroad

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ingressus	ingressūs
genitive	ingressūs	ingressuum
dative	ingressuī	ingressibus
accusative	ingressum	ingressūs
ablative	ingressū	ingressibus
vocative	ingressus	ingressūs

References

• “ingressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ingressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ingressus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• ingressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.