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accedo

accedo

See also: accedò

Italian

Verb

accedo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of accedere

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

ad- (to, toward, at) + cēdō (I move, yield).

Pronunciation

Verb

accēdō (present infinitive accēdere, perfect active accessī, supine accessum); third conjugation

  1. I go or come toward, approach, reach.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.11
      Quam simul adspexit, "comites accedite!" dixit.
      To what degree has he simultaneously considered and said "Comrades, come near!".
  2. I advance, attack.
  3. I am added, join.
  4. I give assent to, accede or assent to, agree with, approve of.
  5. I come near to or approach in resemblance; I am like, resemble.
  6. I enter upon, undertake.

Inflection

   Conjugation of accedo (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accēdō accēdis accēdit accēdimus accēditis accēdunt
imperfect accēdēbam accēdēbās accēdēbat accēdēbāmus accēdēbātis accēdēbant
future accēdam accēdēs accēdet accēdēmus accēdētis accēdent
perfect accessī accessistī accessit accessimus accessistis accessērunt, accessēre
pluperfect accesseram accesserās accesserat accesserāmus accesserātis accesserant
future perfect accesserō accesseris accesserit accesserimus accesseritis accesserint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accēdam accēdās accēdat accēdāmus accēdātis accēdant
imperfect accēderem accēderēs accēderet accēderēmus accēderētis accēderent
perfect accesserim accesserīs accesserit accesserīmus accesserītis accesserint
pluperfect accessissem accessissēs accessisset accessissēmus accessissētis accessissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present accēde accēdite
future accēditō accēditō accēditōte accēduntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives accēdere accessisse accessūrus esse
participles accēdēns accessūrus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
accēdere accēdendī accēdendō accēdendum accessum accessū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Spanish

Verb

accedo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of acceder.