accedo

• IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: ac‧cè‧do

accedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of accedere

• adcēdō

From ad- (“to, toward, at”) +‎ cēdō (“to move, yield”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [akˈkeː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛː.do]

accēdō (present infinitive accēdere, perfect active accessī, supine accessum); third conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to go or come toward, approach, reach

   Synonyms: prōgredior, aggredior, adorior, adeo, procedo, incedo, succēdō, ēvehō

   Antonyms: decedo, facesso, digredior, discedo, deficio, abeo, cedo

   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 14.11:

     Quam simul adspexit, "comitēs accēdite!" dīxit.

     As soon as he saw her, he cried, "Comrades, come near!".

2. to advance, attack

   Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, inruō, petō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

3. (intransitive, with dative or with ad + accusative) to be added, join
4. (intransitive, with dative or with ad + accusative) to give assent to, accede or assent to, agree with, approve of
5. (intransitive, with dative or with ad + accusative) to come near to or approach in resemblance; to be like, resemble
6. (intransitive, with ad or in + accusative) to enter upon, undertake

   Synonyms: intro, introeo, subeō, ineo, invado, ingredior, succēdō, immigrō

   Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō

7. to happen, befall

   Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obveniō, expetō, obtingō, incurrō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

• “accedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “accedo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to advance nearer to the city: propius accedere ad urbem or urbem
    
  • his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
    
  • to take a task in hand, engage upon it: ad opus faciendum accedere
    
  • to adopt some one's opinion: ad alicuius sententiam accedere, sententiam alicuius sequi
    
  • to be very near the truth: proxime ad verum accedere
    
  • to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
    
  • to take courage: animus alicui accedit, crescit
    
  • to approach the gods: propius ad deos accedere (Mil. 22. 59)
    
  • to devote oneself to politics, a political career: accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
    
  • to undertake a case: ad causam aggredi or accedere
    

accedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of acceder