To come or goe to: to approch: to assent or gree: to be added to: to be like. Ad fores accedere. Terent. To come to. Accedere incipiunt ad Syracusas. Cic. To approch. Accedere ad manum. Simuli barbati in pilcinis sint, qui ad manum accedant. That may come to hand for meate. Ad hominem accedam. Terent. I will goe to him. Propè ad aliquem accedere. Plaut. In oppidum accedere. Ci. Mœnibus accedere. Liu. To approch to. Alicui ad aurem accedere. Cic. To hold his head nigh to ones eare: to tell him a thing in secret. Huc accede. Plaut. Obuiam alicui accedere. Plau. To come and meete: to meete with. Prope aut propius accedere. Pla. Accessit ad te cominus. Ci. Accedere ad rempub. Cic. To giue him selfe to beare office in the common weale: to be occupied in common affaires. Accedere ad Rempub. liberandam. Brutus Ciceroni. Ad periculum accedere, pro adire periculum. Cic. To put him selfe nigh daunger. Periculum accedere, sine præ positione dixit. Plaut. In infamiam accedere. Plaut. To come to infamie. Accessit adiutor, pro Venit. Plin. iun. He added his helpe: he ayded, &c. Febris accedit. Cels. The litte of the ague beginneth. Accedere etiam febris dicitur. Cels. Cic. To haue his course. Accessit verbum illud ad aures. Cic. I heard. Illi ætas accessit. Cic. He is waren elder. Illi animus accessit. Ci. His courage or stumack is increased. Accessit annus tertius desyderio nostro. Cicer. Beside these two yeares that I haue found want of your companie: now the third is added. Accedit nobis illud incommodum quod, &c. Cic. This discommoditie commeth moreouer. Accedit cumulus ad eam liberalitatem. Cic. That liberalitis is increased, augmented, or made greater. Aliud malum accedit. Cels. Commeth moreouer. Plurimum pretio accedit. Colum. Is much increased. Operi manus extrema accessit. Cic. Is finished. Accedere nihil potest ad amorem. Ci. Can not be increased. Ad amicitiam alicuius accedere. Cæsar. To allye him selfe to, &c. Accessit magnum pondus ad tollendam dubitationem. Ci. It was of great effect and force. Accessit mihi hoc ad labores reliquos. Cic. This came ouer and beside my other labours. Fortunis pernicies accessit. Cic. Robur ætati accessit. Cic. Strength increased with his age. Spatium morbis accedit. Cels. When they begin to continue any time. Accedit hoc ad maiorem socordiam. Plin. Made their folly greater. Ad paternam enim magnitudinem animi, doctrina vberior accesserat. Cic. Beside that he was of as noble courage as his father: he was also better learned. Accedere dicuntur, qui tanquam appendices sunt contractus emptionis. Varro. To appertaine to: or to be included in the bargaine. Accedent tibi me hæc dona. Liu. I will giue thee moreouer. Nihil noui accessit. Cic. Accedit ætas vino. Cels. Wareth olde. Ad causam accedere. Cic. To intermedle in a cause: to take vpon him to pleade a cause. Accessit ea res in cumulum. Cic. This increased the matter more. Accedunt hæc in ornamentum operis. Quint. Be added. Eò accessit studium doctrinæ. Cic. And moreouer studie of learning. Eò accedit, quod mihi non est notum. Cic. Moreouer then this. I did not know of it. Accedit huc summus timor. Cicero. And moreouer great feare. Accessit huc, quòd postridie eius absolutionis. &c. Cælius Ciceroni. Moreouer, the next day after, &c. Accedebar, quòd alter decimum iam propè annum, &c. Liu. Moreouer: the other: almost. &c. Accessit meæ temeritati, quod. Plin. My rashnesse or foole hardinesse was the greater in that I, &c. Subauditur nonnunquam ipsum quòd. Teren. Ad hæc mala hoc mihi accidit etiam: hæc Andria. &c. Ad Appij Claudij senectutem accedebat etiam: vt cæcus esset. Cic. Ouer & beside that he was olde, he was also. &c. Ad reliquos hic quoque labor mihi accessit, vt, &c. Cicero. Beside my other labours, this also commeth, that. &c. Qui ad sapientiam proximè accedunt. Cicero. They that be most like to be wise men. Aut ad id qum maximè accedat. Cicer. That it may come as nigh to it: or be as like to it as can be. Accedere ad similitudinem alicuius rei. Cicer. Resemble it, or be like vnto it. Ad similitudinem Deo accedere. Cic. To be like. &c. Proximus illi accedit. Cic. Is most like vnto him. Homero maximè accedit. Virgil. Quint. Commeth nighest vnto him: or is most like to him. Virtuti aliculus accedere. Cicero. To haue somewhat like vertue. Nec Celso accedo. Quintili. Neither am I of Celsus opinion. Accedam in plerisque Ciceroni. Quint. I will condiscende or agree vnto him. Sacramento alicuius accedere. Tacit. To be ioyned to one: to be sworne to a captaine as his souldiour. Euripides magis accedit oratorio generi, qum Sophocles. Quint. Commeth neare to. Ad pactionem accedere, vel conditionem. Cic. To condescend to a bargaine or offer: to agree to it. Societatem alicuius accedere. Tacit. To alie him selfe to one: to ioyne to his societie. Accéditur, pen. cor. Impersonale. Cicer. Adeas quum accederetur iste cum omnibus copijs præsto fuit. When they approched or came nigh to.

I. Lit.

A. In gen., constr. with ad, in, the local adverbs, the acc., dat., infin., or absol.

(a). With ad: accedam ad hominem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 14; so, ad aedīs, id. Amph. 1, 1, 108: ad flammam, Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 103: omnīs ad aras, to beset every altar, Lucr. 5, 1199: ad oppidum, Caes. B. G. 2, 13: ad ludos, Cic. Pis. 27, 65: ad Caesarem supplex, id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: ad manum, to come to their hands (of fishes), id. Att. 2, 1, 7: ad Aquinum, id. Phil. 2, 41, 106; so, ad Heracleam, id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129.—Impers.: ad eas (oleas) cum accederetur, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.—

(b). With in: ne in aedīs accederes, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36: in senatum, id. Att. 7, 4, 1: in Macedoniam, id. Phil. 10, 6: in funus aliorum, to join a funeral procession, id. Leg. 2, 26, 66 al.—

(g). With local adv.: eodem pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84: illo, Cic. Caecin. 16, 46: quo, Sall. J. 14, 17.—

(d). With acc. (so, except the names of localities, only in poets and historians, but not in Caesar and Livy): juvat integros accedere fontīs atque haurire, Lucr. 1, 927, and 4, 2: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, Verg. A. 1, 201: Sicanios portus, Sil. 14, 3; cf. id. 6, 604: Africam, Nep. Hann. 8: aliquem, Sall. J. 18, 9; 62, 1; Tac. H. 3, 24: classis Ostia cum magno commeatu accessit, Liv. 22, 37, 1: Carthaginem, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3.—(e) With dat. (poet.): delubris, Ov. M. 15, 745: silvis, id. ib. 5, 674: caelo (i. e. to become a god), id. ib. 15, 818, and 870.—( z) With inf.: dum constanter accedo decerpere (rosas), App. M. 4, p. 143 med.—(h) Absol.: accedam atque hanc appellabo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 17: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36: accessit propius, ib. 8, 22: quoties voluit blandis accedere dictis, Ov. M. 3, 375 al.—Impers.: non potis accedi, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 17 ed. Vahl.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat, Cic. Caecin. 8, 21.

B. In partic.

1. To approach a thing in a hostilemanner (like aggredior, adorior), to attack: acie instructa usque ad castra hostium accessit, Caes. B. G. 1, 51: sese propediem cum magno exercitu ad urbem accessurum, Sall. C. 32 fin.: ad manum, to fight hand to hand, to engage in close combat, Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30, 12: ad corpus alicujus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: Atque accedit muros Romana juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 10, 29 (Ann. v. 527 ed. Vahl.): hostīs accedere ventis navibus velivolis, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Ann. v. 380 ib.); and, in malam part., Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 22.—

2. Mercant. t. t.: accedere ad hastam, to attend an auction, Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—

3. In late Lat.: ad manus (different from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to kiss hands, Capit. Maxim. 5.

II. Fig.

A. In gen., to come near to, to approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32; so, clemens quidam sonus aurīs ejus accedit, App. M. 5, p. 160: si somnus non accessit, Cels. 3, 18; cf.: febris accedit, id. 3, 3 sq.: ubi accedent anni, Hor. S. 2, 2, 85; cf.: accedente senectā, id. Ep. 2, 2, 211.

B. In partic.

1. To come to or upon one, to happen to, to befall (a meaning in which it approaches so near to accĭdo that in many passages it has been proposed to change it to the latter; cf. Ruhnk. Rut. Lup. 1, p. 3; 2, p. 96; Dictat. in Ter. p. 222 and 225); constr. with ad or (more usually) with dat.: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, Ter. Phorm. prol. 29: num tibi stultitia accessit? have you become a fool? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77: paulum vobis accessit pecuniae, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56: dolor accessit bonis viris, virtus non est imminuta, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9: quo plus sibi aetatis accederet, id. de Or. 1, 60, 254 al.

2. With the accessory idea of increase, to be added = addi; constr. with ad or dat.: primum facie (i. e. faciei) quod honestas accedit, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 14; so ap. Non. 35, 20: ad virtutis summam accedere nihil potest, Cic. Fin. 4, 24: Cassio animus accessit, id. Att. 5, 20; 7, 3; id. Clu. 60 al.: pretium agris, the price increases, advances, Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 1.—Absol.: plura accedere debent, Lucr. 2, 1129: accedit mors, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73: quae jacerent in tenebris omnia, nisi litterarum lumen accederet, id. Arch. 6, 14 (so, not accenderet, is to be read).—If a new thought is to be added, it is expressed by accedit with quod (add to this, that, etc.) when it implies a logical reason, but with ut (beside this, it happens that, or it occurs that) when it implies an historical fact (cf. Zumpt, 621 and 626): accedit enim, quod patrem amo, Cic. Att. 13, 21: so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Att. 1, 92 al.; Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 4, 16; Sall. C. 11, 5; on the other hand: huc accedit uti, etc., Lucr. 1, 192, 215, 265 al.: ad App. Claudii senectutem accedebat etiam ut caecus esset, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; so id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 86; id. Deiot. 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 16 al. When several new ideas are added, they are introduced by res in the plur.: cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent: quod per fines Sequanorum Helvetios transduxisset; quod obsides inter eos dandos curāsset; quod ea omnia, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 19. Sometimes the historical idea follows accedit, without ut: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec Andria ... gravida e Pamphilo est, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 11: accedit illud: si maneo ... cadendum est in unius potestatem, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.

3. To give assent to, accede to, assent to, to agree with, to approve of; constr. with ad or dat. (with persons only, with dat.): accessit animus ad meam sententiam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, 69; Nep. Milt. 3, 5: Galba speciosiora suadentibus accessit, Tac. H. 1, 34; so Quint. 9, 4, 2 al.

4. To come near to in resemblance, to resemble, be like; with ad or dat. (the latter most freq., esp. after Cic.): homines ad Deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando, Cic. Lig. 12: Antonio Philippus proximus accedebat, id. Brut. 147; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 3; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Ac. 2, 11, 36 al.

5. To enter upon, to undertake; constr. with ad or in: in eandem infamiam, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 84: ad bellorum pericula, Cic. Balb. 10: ad poenam, to undertake the infliction of punishment, id. Off. 1, 25, 89: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: ad vectialia, to undertake their collection as contractor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit, id. ib. 2, 2, 38; id. de Or. 1, 38, 175 al. But esp.: ad rem publicam, to enter upon the service of the state, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Rosc. Am. 1 al.