digredior

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diːˈɡre.di.or/, [d̪iːˈɡrɛd̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈɡre.di.or/, [d̪iˈɡrɛːd̪ior]

Verb

dīgredior (present infinitive dīgredī, perfect active dīgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

1. (intransitive) to go apart or asunder, separate, part; go away, depart

   Synonyms: degredior, discedo, decedo, facesso, cedo, abeo, deficio

   Antonyms: aggredior, adorior, procedo, prodeo, adeo, proficio, incedo

2. (figuratively, intransitive) to depart, deviate, digress

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīgredior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīgredior	dīgrederis, dīgredere	dīgreditur	dīgredimur	dīgrediminī	dīgrediuntur
	imperfect	dīgrediēbar	dīgrediēbāris, dīgrediēbāre	dīgrediēbātur	dīgrediēbāmur	dīgrediēbāminī	dīgrediēbantur
	future	dīgrediar	dīgrediēris, dīgrediēre	dīgrediētur	dīgrediēmur	dīgrediēminī	dīgredientur
	perfect	dīgressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīgressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīgressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīgrediar	dīgrediāris, dīgrediāre	dīgrediātur	dīgrediāmur	dīgrediāminī	dīgrediantur
	imperfect	dīgrederer	dīgrederēris, dīgrederēre	dīgrederētur	dīgrederēmur	dīgrederēminī	dīgrederentur
	perfect	dīgressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīgressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīgredere	—	—	dīgrediminī	—
	future	—	dīgreditor	dīgreditor	—	—	dīgrediuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīgredī	dīgressum esse	dīgressūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dīgrediēns	dīgressus	dīgressūrus	—	—	dīgrediendus, dīgrediundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīgrediendī	dīgrediendō	dīgrediendum	dīgrediendō	dīgressum	dīgressū

Derived terms

• dīgressiō
• dīgressīvus
• dīgressus

Related terms

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

Descendants

• English: digress

References

• “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• digredior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• digredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to digress, deviate: digredi (a proposito) (De Or. 2. 77. 311)
    
  • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi