incesso

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Latin

Etymology

A back-formation from the perfect incessī of incēdō.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

incessō (present infinitive incessere, perfect active incessīvī or incessī, supine incessum); third conjugation

  1. to assault, assail, attack, fall upon
    Synonyms: invādō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, inruō, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
  2. to reproach, abuse
  3. to advance, march along, progress
    Synonyms: exsecror, maledīcō, īnsultō, obloquor, compellō, invehō, intrahō
    Antonym: benedīcō

Conjugation

References

  • incesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • incesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “incessō”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 689