incedo

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

incedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of incedere

Anagrams

• cinedo, codine

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkeː.doː/, [ɪŋˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃe.do/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

incēdō (present infinitive incēdere, perfect active incessī, supine incessum); 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

Conjugation of incēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incēdō	incēdis	incēdit	incēdimus	incēditis	incēdunt
	imperfect	incēdēbam	incēdēbās	incēdēbat	incēdēbāmus	incēdēbātis	incēdēbant
	future	incēdam	incēdēs	incēdet	incēdēmus	incēdētis	incēdent
	perfect	incessī	incessistī	incessit	incessimus	incessistis	incessērunt, incessēre
	pluperfect	incesseram	incesserās	incesserat	incesserāmus	incesserātis	incesserant
	future perfect	incesserō	incesseris	incesserit	incesserimus	incesseritis	incesserint
passive	present	incēdor	incēderis, incēdere	incēditur	incēdimur	incēdiminī	incēduntur
	imperfect	incēdēbar	incēdēbāris, incēdēbāre	incēdēbātur	incēdēbāmur	incēdēbāminī	incēdēbantur
	future	incēdar	incēdēris, incēdēre	incēdētur	incēdēmur	incēdēminī	incēdentur
	perfect	incessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	incessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	incessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	incēdam	incēdās	incēdat	incēdāmus	incēdātis	incēdant
	imperfect	incēderem	incēderēs	incēderet	incēderēmus	incēderētis	incēderent
	perfect	incesserim	incesserīs	incesserit	incesserīmus	incesserītis	incesserint
	pluperfect	incessissem	incessissēs	incessisset	incessissēmus	incessissētis	incessissent
passive	present	incēdar	incēdāris, incēdāre	incēdātur	incēdāmur	incēdāminī	incēdantur
	imperfect	incēderer	incēderēris, incēderēre	incēderētur	incēderēmur	incēderēminī	incēderentur
	perfect	incessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	incessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	incēde	—	—	incēdite	—
	future	—	incēditō	incēditō	—	incēditōte	incēduntō
passive	present	—	incēdere	—	—	incēdiminī	—
	future	—	incēditor	incēditor	—	—	incēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		incēdere	incessisse	incessūrum esse	incēdī	incessum esse	incessum īrī
participles		incēdēns	—	incessūrus	—	incessus	incēdendus, incēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		incēdendī	incēdendō	incēdendum	incēdendō	incessum	incessū

Derived terms

• incessiō
• incessīvus
• incessō

Descendants

• Italian: incedere

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