the+ceremonious+appearance+of+the+consul+on+assuming+office

prōcessus, a, um, Part., from procedo.

prōcessus, ūs, m. [procedo], a going forwards, advance, course, progression, progress, process.

In gen. (class.):

processus dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 65, 232:

processum vult,

the progress of the discourse, id. Or. 62, 210: in Graecis litteris magnum processum habere, Attei. Philol. ap. Suet. Gram. 10:

sin in processu coepit crudescere morbus,

in its course, Verg. G. 3, 504:

amnis,

Sen. Ben. 3, 29, 3:

pelagi,

Rutil. Nam. 1, 439. —In plur.:

tantos processus efficiebat,

Cic. Brut. 78, 272:

sic tua processus habeat fortuna perennes,

Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 25; cf. Juv. 1, 39:

aversatio alienorum processuum,

Sen. Tranq. 2, 11:

inimica semper alienis processibus invidia,

success, good fortune, id. Cons. ad Polyb. 9, 4, § 28:

queruntur et de consiliis et de processibus suis,

of their results, id. Ep. 115, 17:

in malis,

progress, Vulg. Ecclus. 20, 9.—

In partic.

The ceremonious appearance of the consul on assuming office, Dig. 24, 1, 41.—

The public appearance of the emperor (opp. to recensus), Treb. Pol. Gall. 17, 3.—

An attack:

rapidus turmarum,

Amm. 19, 2, 6.—

Transf.

A projection, process, Cels. 8, 1.—

Of time, a passing away, elapsing, lapse (post-class.):

ternis dierum ac noctium processibus,

Prud. Cath. 7, 121: temporis, Firm. 3, 4; Amm. 14, 1, 2; cf. id. 31, 16, 6; Cod. 31, 2, 3.