ingressus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect active (or passive, with active meaning) participle of ingredior

Pronunciation

Participle

ingressus (feminine ingressa, neuter ingressum); first/second-declension participle

  1. entered
  2. engaged in
  3. begun, commenced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ingressus ingressa ingressum ingressī ingressae ingressa
Genitive ingressī ingressae ingressī ingressōrum ingressārum ingressōrum
Dative ingressō ingressō ingressīs
Accusative ingressum ingressam ingressum ingressōs ingressās ingressa
Ablative ingressō ingressā ingressō ingressīs
Vocative ingresse ingressa ingressum ingressī ingressae ingressa

Noun

ingressus m (genitive ingressūs); fourth declension

  1. entrance (act and structure)
    Synonyms: iānua, līmen, initium, foris, porta, vestibulum, ingressiō
    Antonym: abitus
  2. inroad

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ingressus ingressūs
Genitive ingressūs ingressuum
Dative ingressuī ingressibus
Accusative ingressum ingressūs
Ablative ingressū ingressibus
Vocative ingressus ingressūs

References

  • ingressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ingressus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ingressus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ingressus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.