egredior

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- (out of) +‎ gradior (I step).

Pronunciation

Verb

ēgredior (present infinitive ēgredī, perfect active ēgressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

  1. to go or come out or forth; march or step out
  2. to disembark, land
  3. to ascend, mount
  4. (figuratively) to digress, deviate, wander
    Synonyms: arceo, averto
  5. (transitive) to go beyond, pass out of or leave somewhere
  6. (figuratively) to overstep, surpass, exceed, transgress
    Synonyms: transeo, intro, praefero, perago, supero, edo
  7. to leave, exit
    Synonyms: exeō, ēvādō, abeō, ēiciō
    Antonyms: intro, ingredior, accedo, introeo, ineo, immigrō

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: egress
  • Italian: egresso
  • Spanish: egresar

References

  • egredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • egredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • egredior in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • egredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to leave a place: egredi loco; excedere ex loco
    • to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
    • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
    • to land, disembark: exire, egredi in terram