assault

to attack, assault.

an attack, assault / efforts, impulses

to fall upon, assail, attack, assault.

attack, assault

to fight against, attack, assault, assail.

ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

adgredirier,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).

In gen.:

ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

adgredior hominem,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—

Esp.

Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

Damasippum velim adgrediare,

to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

legatos adgreditur,

Sall. J. 46, 4:

adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

id. ib. 16, 4:

aliquem dictis,

to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

aliquem precibus,

to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

animos largitione,

id. H. 1, 78:

acrius alicujus modestiam,

id. A. 2, 26:

crudelitatem Principis,

spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—

To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

milites palantes inermes adgredi,

Sall. J. 66, 3:

adgressus eum interfecit,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

aliquem vi,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

Liv. 23, 9:

regionem,

Vell. 2, 109:

somno gravatum ferro,

Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

13, 333: senatum,

Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

inopinantes adgressus,

Just. 2, 8.—

To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

quā de re disserere adgredior,

Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

id. 5, 111:

quidquam gerere,

id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 37:

ad crimen,

id. Clu. 3:

ad petitionem consulatūs,

id. Mur. 7:

ad faciendam injuriam,

id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

magnum quid,

id. Att. 2, 14:

in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

aliam rem adgreditur,

Sall. J. 92, 4:

adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

Liv. 1, 42:

opus adgredior opimum casibus,

Tac. H. 1, 2:

multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

Liv. 24, 19:

ad rem publicam,

Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

magnos honores,

enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

id. A. 2, 165:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

aggressĭo ( adg-), ōnis, f. [aggredior].

A going to or toward a thing (very rare; in the class. per. only in rhet. lang. for a proëm, introduction to a speech, = prooemium): cumque animos primā adgressione occupaverit, infirmabit excludetque contraria, * Cic. Or. 15, 50.—Also a rhetorical syllogism, Gr. epicheirêma, Quint. 5, 10, 4; 28, 14, 27.—

An attack, assault (cf. aggredior, II. B.), App. M. 8, p. 208, 27 Elm.

aggressus ( adg-), a, um, Part. of aggredior.

aggressus ( adg-), ūs, m. [aggredior].

An attack, assault (cf. aggredior, II. B.), Dig. 36, 1, 17.—

An entering upon, beginning; opp. exitus (cf. aggredior, II. C.), Firm. Math. 2, 10.

ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36), to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

copias in locum,

Liv. 42, 57:

signa Achradinae,

id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23:

castra,

Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near:

jam admovebat rex,

Curt. 9, 4:

jam opera admoventi deditio est facta,

Liv. 32, 32:

scalas moenibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39. — Trop.:

quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias!

Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read):

tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam,

Cic. Clu. 13;

so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63:

dolorum faces,

id. Off. 2, 10, 37:

cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

fasciculum ad nares,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

pecus flagrantibus aris,

Verg. A. 12, 171:

admotae hostiae (sc. aris),

Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1:

labra poculis,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

ignes templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

exercitum Ariminum,

Liv. 28, 46:

vultum ad auditores,

Auct. Her. 3, 15:

animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis,

Ov. M. 10, 188:

(opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris,

id. ib. 1, 139:

manus operi,

to apply, id. ib. 10, 254:

capiti diadema,

Suet. Caes. 79:

digitum scripturae,

id. Aug. 80:

oscula,

to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644:

aliquem ad munera publica,

to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10:

infantes papillae,

to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.:

gressum,

to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—

Esp.

To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near:

nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas,

Lucr. 6, 901:

quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2:

genus admotum Superis,

nearly related, Sil. 8, 295:

admota Nilo Africa,

Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile:

mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari,

Vell. 2, 96.—

With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam ( my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.:

aures adhibere,

id. Arch. 3:

praebere aures,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and:

tenere aures,

id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores:

cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom.,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4:

in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset,

which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7:

ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit,

Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault:

numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus,

Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—

Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing:

quid praedicem... quot stimulos admoverit homini,

put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet,

Juv. 10, 328:

num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum,

id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf.

adhibeo),

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did ( the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

terrorem,

to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17:

spes est admota,

Ov. M. 11, 454:

spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum,

Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

ăd-ŏrĭor, ortus, 4, v. dep. ( part. adorsus, Gell. 9, 2, 10; see the passage at the end of this art.; the second and third pers. of the pres. ind., acc. to the fourth conj.: adorīris, adorītur; forms analogous to orĕris, orĭtur, of the simple verb occur in Lucr. 3, 513; Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P.), to rise up for the purpose of going to some one or something, or of undertaking something great, difficult, or hazardous (clandestinely, artfully, when a hostile approach is spoken of; while aggredi indicates a direct, open attack from a distance: aggredimur de longinquo; adorimur ex insidiis et ex proximo; nam adoriri est quasi ad aliquem oriri, i. e. exsurgere, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50; cf. the same ad Heaut. 4, 5, 9).

In gen., to approach a person in order to address him, to ask something of him, to accost, etc. (cf. accedo, adeo):

cesso hunc adoriri? (quasi de improviso alloqui, Don.),

Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 9:

si ab eo nil fiet, tum hunc adorior hospitem,

id. Phorm. 4, 2, 15.—

Esp.

To approach one with hostile intent, to assault, assail, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.:

inermem tribunum gladiis,

Cic. Sest. 37:

a tergo Milonem,

id. Mil. 10:

navem,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 34 fin.:

impeditos adoriebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

hos Conon adortus magno proelio fugat,

Nep. Con. 4:

urbem vi,

Liv. 1, 53:

oppugnatio eos aliquanto atrocior quam ante adorta est,

id. 21, 11; cf.

21, 28: praetorem ex improviso in itinere adortus,

Tac. A. 4, 45:

variis criminationibus,

id. ib. 14, 52:

minis,

id. H. 1, 31:

jurgio,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 50:

senatum,

Suet. Caes. 9.—Also absol., Hirt. B. Afr. 69.—

To enter upon any course of action, esp. to engage in or undertake any thing difficult or dangerous; with acc. or inf.:

commutare animum quicumque adoritur,

Lucr. 3, 515:

ne convellere adoriamur ea, quae non possint commoveri,

Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 205; id. Att. 13, 22: Hêrakleidion, si Brundisium salvi, adoriemur (sc. scribere), id. ib. 16, 2; Auct. Her. 2, 4:

majus adorta nefas,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 16:

hi dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti,

Verg. A. 6, 397; cf. id. ib. 7, 386; Cat. 63, 11.—So esp. in the histt., Nep. Dion. 6:

hanc (Munychiam) bis tyranni oppugnare sunt adorti,

id. Thras. 2, 5; so also Liv. 2, 51; 28, 3; 37, 5, 32; 40, 22; 43, 21; 44, 12; cf. also 3, 44: hanc virginem Appius pretio ac spe pellicere adortus.— Once in the form of the part. perf. adorsus:

qui Hippiam tyrannum interficere adorsi erant,

Gell. 9, 2, 10.

appĕtītus ( adp-), a, um, Part. of appeto.

appĕtītus ( adp-), ūs, m. [appeto].

An onset, attack, assault:

reprimebat barbaricos appetitus,

Amm. 30, 5.—Far more freq.,

Trop.

A passionate, eager longing or desire for a thing (in the class. per. perh. only in Cic.):

adpetitus voluptatis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105:

sub te erit appetitus ejus,

Vulg. Gen. 4, 7; ib. Ezech. 21, 16.—Hence, without gen.,

The power or faculty of desire: duplex est vis animorum atque naturae: una pars in adpetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc atque illuc rapit, altera in ratione, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101; so id. N. D. 2, 47, 122; id. Div 1, 32.—

The passions, appetites:

ut adpetitus rationi oboediant,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; so id. N. D. 2, 12, 34.

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

assulto ( ads-, Halm, Jan), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to jump or leap to a place, to jump or leap; constr. absol., with dat. or acc. (only post-Aug.).

In gen.:

(canis elephanto) adsultans,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

feminae pellibus accinctae adsultabant, ut sacrificantes Bacchae,

Tac. A. 11, 31.—

Esp., of warlike operations, to attack, assault:

tertiā vigiliā adsultatum est castris,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

telis adsultantes,

id. ib. 12, 35:

adsultare ex diverso Tiridates,

id. ib. 13, 40:

adsultante per campos equite,

id. H. 4, 22:

latera adsultare,

id. A. 1, 51:

portarum moras frenis et hastis,

Stat. Th. 4, 243; Sil. 7, 401.—

Transf., of things:

duo montes crepitu maximo adsultantes,

Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199.

at-tingo (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [tango] (ante-class. form attĭgo, ĕre, v. infra; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; concerning attigo, āre, v. fin.), to touch, come in contact with; constr. with the acc.; poet. with ad.

Lit.

In gen.: mento summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32:

Egone Argivum imperium attingam,

id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.:

suaviter (omnia) attingunt,

Lucr. 4, 623:

nec enim ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

prius quam aries murum attigisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 32:

pedibus terram,

Nep. Eum. 5, 5:

quisquis (vas) attigerit,

Vulg. Lev. 15, 23:

nos nihil tuorum attigimus,

id. Gen. 26, 29:

(medicus) pulsum venarum attigit,

Tac. A. 6, 50:

se esse possessorem soli, quod primum Divus Augustus nascens attigisset,

Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti corpus haberet humus, acc. to the practice of laying new-born children upon the ground; v. tollo).— Poet.: (Callisto) miles erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ( nor did there touch, set foot on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415:

usque ad caelum attingebat stans in terrā,

Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—

With partic. access. ideas.

To touch by striking, to strike; rarely in a hostile manner, to attack, assault:

ne me attingas,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106;

ne attigas me,

id. Truc. 2, 2, 21:

ne attigas puerum istac caussā,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33):

Si tu illam attigeris secus quam dignumst liberam,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of lightning: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf.

Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei bellum indiceretur,

Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—

In mal. part., aliquam, to touch:

virginem,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—

To touch in eating, to taste, crop:

nulla neque amnem Libavit quadrupes, nec graminis attigit herbam,

Verg. E. 5, 26.—

Of local relations, to come to a place, to approach, reach, arrive at (class.;

esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37:

ut primum Asiam attigisti,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 23:

Siciliam,

Nep. Dion, 5, 3:

Syriam ac legiones,

Tac. A. 2, 55:

saltuosos locos,

id. ib. 4, 45:

Urbem,

id. Or. 7 fin.:

In paucis diebus quam Capreus attigit etc.,

Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—

Transf., to touch, lie near, border upon, be contiguous to:

Theseus... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta,

Cat. 64, 75:

Cappadociae regio, quae Ciliciam attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.:

(stomachus) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 54, 135:

eorum fines Nervii attingebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 15:

ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO,

Inscr. Orell. 3314:

attingere parietem,

Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—

Trop.

In gen., to touch, affect, reach:

nec desiderium nos attigit,

Lucr. 3, 922 ( adficit, Lachm.):

ante quam voluptas aut dolor attigerit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16:

nimirum me alia quoque causa delectat, quae te non attingit,

id. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

quo studio providit, ne qua me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

si qua de Pompeio nostro tuendo... cura te attingit,

id. Att. 9, 11, A:

erant perpauci, quos ea infamia attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: cupidus attingere gaudia,

to feel, Prop. 1, 19, 9:

vox, sonus, attigit aures,

Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—

Esp.

To touch upon in speaking, etc., to mention slightly:

paucis rem,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11:

summatim attingere,

Lucr. 3, 261:

ut meos quoque attingam,

Cat. 39, 13:

quod perquam breviter perstrinxi atque attigi,

Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.:

si tantummodo summas attigero,

Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:

invitus ea, tamquam vulnera, attingo, sed nisi tacta tractataque sanari non possunt,

Liv. 28, 27:

ut seditionem attigit,

Tac. A. 1, 35:

familiae (Galbae) breviter attingam,

Suet. Galb. 3 al. —

To touch, i. e. to undertake, enter upon some course of action (esp. mental), to apply one's self to, be occupied with, engage in, to take in hand, manage:

quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8:

egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem,

id. de Or. 1, 18, 82:

orationes,

id. Or. 13, 41:

poëticen,

Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85:

liberales disciplinas omnes,

id. Ner. 52:

studia,

id. Gram. 9:

ut primum forum attigi, i. e. accessi, adii,

applied myself to public affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3:

arma,

Liv. 3, 19:

militiam resque bellicas,

Suet. Calig. 43:

curam rei publicae,

id. Tib. 13:

ad Venerem seram,

Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—

(Acc. to I. B. 4.) To arrive somewhere:

quod ab illo attigisset nuntius,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit nuntius).—

(Acc. to I. B. 5.) To come near to in quality, to be similar; or to belong to, appertain to, to concern, relate to:

quae nihil attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32:

haec quemque attigit,

id. ib. 1, 1, 20:

attingit animi naturam corporis similitudo,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1:

quae non magis legis nomen attingunt, quam si latrones aliqua sanxerint,

id. Leg. 2, 5:

Segestana, Centuripina civitas, quae cum officiis, fide, vetustate, tum etiam cognatione populi Romani nomen attingunt,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 32:

(labor) non attingit deum,

id. N. D. 1, 9, 22:

primus ille (locus), qui in veri cognitione consistit, maxime naturam attingit humanam,

id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—

Si quid eam humanitus attigisset (for the usu. euphemism, accidisset), if any misfortune had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.

ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.

ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

adgredirier,

id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).

In gen.:

ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

adgredior hominem,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—

Esp.

Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

Damasippum velim adgrediare,

to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

legatos adgreditur,

Sall. J. 46, 4:

adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

id. ib. 16, 4:

aliquem dictis,

to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

aliquem precibus,

to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

animos largitione,

id. H. 1, 78:

acrius alicujus modestiam,

id. A. 2, 26:

crudelitatem Principis,

spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—

To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

milites palantes inermes adgredi,

Sall. J. 66, 3:

adgressus eum interfecit,

Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

aliquem vi,

Sall. C. 43, 2:

unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

Liv. 23, 9:

regionem,

Vell. 2, 109:

somno gravatum ferro,

Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

13, 333: senatum,

Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

inopinantes adgressus,

Just. 2, 8.—

To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

quā de re disserere adgredior,

Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

id. 5, 111:

quidquam gerere,

id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

ad dicendum,

id. Brut. 37:

ad crimen,

id. Clu. 3:

ad petitionem consulatūs,

id. Mur. 7:

ad faciendam injuriam,

id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

magnum quid,

id. Att. 2, 14:

in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

aliam rem adgreditur,

Sall. J. 92, 4:

adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

Liv. 1, 42:

opus adgredior opimum casibus,

Tac. H. 1, 2:

multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

Liv. 24, 19:

ad rem publicam,

Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

magnos honores,

enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

id. A. 2, 165:

Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

aggressĭo ( adg-), ōnis, f. [aggredior].

A going to or toward a thing (very rare; in the class. per. only in rhet. lang. for a proëm, introduction to a speech, = prooemium): cumque animos primā adgressione occupaverit, infirmabit excludetque contraria, * Cic. Or. 15, 50.—Also a rhetorical syllogism, Gr. epicheirêma, Quint. 5, 10, 4; 28, 14, 27.—

An attack, assault (cf. aggredior, II. B.), App. M. 8, p. 208, 27 Elm.