aggredior

Latin

Alternative forms

• adgredior

Etymology

From ad- (“to”) +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈɡre.di.or/, [äɡˈɡrɛd̪iɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɡˈɡre.di.or/, [äɡˈɡrɛːd̪ior]

Verb

aggredior (present infinitive aggredī, perfect active aggressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

1. I advance or go to or towards, approach.

   Synonyms: prōgredior, adorior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, adeō, incēdō, gradior, succēdō, subeō, ēvehō, prōficiō

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

2. I approach, address, apply to, solicit.
3. I attack, assault, beset, aggress.

   Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, inruō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, arripiō, assiliō, appetō, invehō, incessō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

4. I undertake, begin, set about, assume.

   Synonyms: ineō, incohō, coepiō, incipiō, initiō, assūmō, suscipiō, indūcō, induō, committō, adhibeō, adoptō

   Antonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, cessō

5. attempt, try.

   Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, adnītor, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, perīclitor, nītor, spectō

6. I lay claim to, seize.
7. I corrupt, bribe

   Synonyms: corrumpō, dēlēniō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aggredior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aggredior	aggrederis, aggredere	aggreditur	aggredimur	aggrediminī	aggrediuntur
	imperfect	aggrediēbar	aggrediēbāris, aggrediēbāre	aggrediēbātur	aggrediēbāmur	aggrediēbāminī	aggrediēbantur
	future	aggrediar	aggrediēris, aggrediēre	aggrediētur	aggrediēmur	aggrediēminī	aggredientur
	perfect	aggressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	aggressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	aggressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aggrediar	aggrediāris, aggrediāre	aggrediātur	aggrediāmur	aggrediāminī	aggrediantur
	imperfect	aggrederer	aggrederēris, aggrederēre	aggrederētur	aggrederēmur	aggrederēminī	aggrederentur
	perfect	aggressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	aggressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aggredere	—	—	aggrediminī	—
	future	—	aggreditor	aggreditor	—	—	aggrediuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aggredī	aggressum esse	aggressūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		aggrediēns	aggressus	aggressūrus	—	—	aggrediendus, aggrediundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		aggrediendī	aggrediendō	aggrediendum	aggrediendō	aggressum	aggressū

Derived terms

• aggressiō
• aggressor
• aggressūra
• aggressus

Related terms

Related terms

• antegredior
• congredior
• dēgredior
• dīgredior
• ēgredior
• gradior
• ingredior
• prōgredior
• regredior
• retrōgradior
• trānsgredior

Descendants

• Catalan: agredir
• English: aggress
• French: agresser
• Italian: aggredire
• Luxembourgish: agresséieren
• Piedmontese: agredì
• Portuguese: agredir
• Spanish: agredir

References

• “aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aggredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aggredior in Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
• aggredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare to do a thing: aggredi ad aliquid faciendum
    
  • to take a task in hand, engage upon it: opus aggredi
    
  • to come forward to make a speech; to address the house: aggredi ad dicendum
    
  • to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
    
  • to attack the enemy: aggredi hostem
    
  • to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi