suggredior Latin · revision 36315

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=86–34 BC, Sallust|origins=la gradior}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suggredior''' (present infinitive suggredī, perfect active suggressus sum); third conjugation, deponent^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ It is also spelled ''subgredior''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|gradior|t2=to step, walk]].^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) De Vaan traces that verb to [[itc-pro|*grad-(e)i-]] and [[ine-pro|*g(h)rd(h)-(e)i-]]; he suggests that the compounds have ⟨-gredior⟩ rather than an expected ⟨-gridior⟩ by analogy with the participle ⟨-gressus⟩.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sga|in·greinn|t=to chase]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest example is in a fragment of Sallust's ''Histories'', of someone who foolishly came up to a camp (''stolide castra suggressus'').^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it Tacitean.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Tacitus uses it without an object of men drawing closer, such as scouts or barbarians,^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) and of a commander advancing in battle order to attack (''acie suggressus'').^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of coming up to a camp.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it of drawing closer and of advancing to attack.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To come close up, [[m|en|approach]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(with an accusative)'' To come up to; to [[m|en|attack]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gradior]]

+ * [[ingredior]]

+ * [[prōgredior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}