pres+de

began, started, undertook, initiated (pres. incipio).

ac-crēdo ( adc.), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. ( pres. sub. adcredŭas, Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 4), to yield one's belief to another, i. e. to believe unconditionally (rare).

With dat.:

quisnam istuc adcredat tibi?

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 37:

neque mi posthac quidquam adcreduas,

id. ib. 5, 2, 4; so,

tibi nos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 25.—

Aliquid:

facile hoc,

Lucr. 3, 856. [p. 19] —

Absol.: vix adcredens, * Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

primo non accredidit,

Nep. Dat. 3. 4.

ăd-ămo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ad, intens. ], to love truly, earnestly, deeply (in the whole class. per. mostly—in Cic. always— used only in the perf. and pluperf.; first in Col. 10, 199, and Quint. 2, 5, 22, in the pres.):

nihil erat cujusquam, quod quidem ille adamāsset, quod non hoc anno suum fore putaret,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 34; 2, 4, 45:

sententiam,

id. Ac. 2, 3, 9:

Antisthenes patientiam et duritiam in Socratico sermone maxime adamārat,

id. de Or. 3, 17, 62; cf. ib. 19, 71:

laudum gloriam,

id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.; cf. id. Flacc. 11:

quem (Platonem) Dion admiratus est atque adamavit,

Nep. Dion, 2, 3:

agros et cultus et copias Gallorum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

Achilleos equos,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 28:

villas,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7: si virtutem adamaveris, amare enim parum est ( amare, as the merely instinctive love of goodness, in contrast with the acquired love of the philosophers, Doederl.), Sen. Ep. 71, 5.—

Of unlawful love, Ov. A. A. 2, 109; Suet. Vesp. 22: Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 155; id. 36, 5, 4, § 23; Petr. S. 110 al.

ac-crēdo ( adc.), dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. ( pres. sub. adcredŭas, Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 4), to yield one's belief to another, i. e. to believe unconditionally (rare).

With dat.:

quisnam istuc adcredat tibi?

Plaut. Asin. 3, 3, 37:

neque mi posthac quidquam adcreduas,

id. ib. 5, 2, 4; so,

tibi nos,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 25.—

Aliquid:

facile hoc,

Lucr. 3, 856. [p. 19] —

Absol.: vix adcredens, * Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

primo non accredidit,

Nep. Dat. 3. 4.

af-for (better adf-), ātus, 1, v. dep. (used only in the pres. indic., but not in first person sing.; in the perf. part., the inf., and in the imper., second person); in gen. only poet.: aliquem, to speak to, to accost, or address one: quem neque tueri contra neque affari queas, Att.ap.Macr. 6, 1: licet enim versibus eisdem mihi adfari te, Attice, quibus adfatur Flamininum ille, *Cic. Sen. 1:

aliquem nomine,

id. Brut. 72, 253; so id. ib. 3, 13; Verg. A. 3, 492:

hostem supplex adfare superbum,

id. ib. 4, 424:

aliquem blande,

Stat. Achill. 1, 251:

ubi me adfamini,

Curt. 4, 11: adfari deos, to pray to the gods, Att. ap Non. 111, 27; Verg. A. 2, 700:

precando Adfamur Vestam,

Ov. F. 6, 303: adfari mortuum, to bid farewell to the dead at the burial, to take the last adieu:

sic positum adfati discedite corpus,

Verg. A. 2, 644.—So also:

adfari extremum,

Verg. A. 9, 484.—

Esp.. in augurial lang., to fix the limits of the auspices: effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus;

adfantur qui in his fines sunt,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll. (where the pass. use of the word should be observed; cf. App. M. 11, p. 265, 39 Elm.).

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.

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.

af-for (better adf-), ātus, 1, v. dep. (used only in the pres. indic., but not in first person sing.; in the perf. part., the inf., and in the imper., second person); in gen. only poet.: aliquem, to speak to, to accost, or address one: quem neque tueri contra neque affari queas, Att.ap.Macr. 6, 1: licet enim versibus eisdem mihi adfari te, Attice, quibus adfatur Flamininum ille, *Cic. Sen. 1:

aliquem nomine,

id. Brut. 72, 253; so id. ib. 3, 13; Verg. A. 3, 492:

hostem supplex adfare superbum,

id. ib. 4, 424:

aliquem blande,

Stat. Achill. 1, 251:

ubi me adfamini,

Curt. 4, 11: adfari deos, to pray to the gods, Att. ap Non. 111, 27; Verg. A. 2, 700:

precando Adfamur Vestam,

Ov. F. 6, 303: adfari mortuum, to bid farewell to the dead at the burial, to take the last adieu:

sic positum adfati discedite corpus,

Verg. A. 2, 644.—So also:

adfari extremum,

Verg. A. 9, 484.—

Esp.. in augurial lang., to fix the limits of the auspices: effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus;

adfantur qui in his fines sunt,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll. (where the pass. use of the word should be observed; cf. App. M. 11, p. 265, 39 Elm.).

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.