Etymology
From in- (“against”) + cēdō (“go, move”).
Verb
incēdō (present infinitive incēdere, perfect active incessī, supine incessum); third conjugation
- to walk, stride, step, march (along)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- 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
- to cause (make happen)
Conjugation
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References
- “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, 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