digredior

digredior

Latin

Etymology

    From dis- + gradior (step, walk).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

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    Descendants

    • English: digress

    References

    • digredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • digredior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), 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