To goe or enter in: to walke: to begin. Intra munitiones ingredi. Cæs. To enter within. Ingredi in fundum. Cic. Ingredi in conspectum populi. Plau. To shewe himselfe in sight of the people. Ingredere in viä dolis, & ego hic in insidijs ero. Pla. Walke on your way craftily and I wil ly here in waite. Ingredi in sycophantiam. Plautus. To become a crafiy deceiuer. Ingredi per scenam. Plin. To walke on the stage. Ingreditur colles. Ouid. Ingredi iter. Liu. To begin or enter on his courney. Ingredi iter pedibus. Cicero. To beginne to go a iourney on foote. Ingredi mare pedibus. Liu. To wade in the sea. Ingredi. Cic. To goe. Elephanti gregatun semper ingrediuntur. Plin. Elephants alwaies goe in heardes or companies. Tardius ingredi iucipiunt. Pli. They begin to go more slowly. Campo ingreditur. Vir. Curru ingredi. Ouid. To enter with his chariot: to be caried in a thariot. Ingredi dicere aut facere. Cic. To begin to doe or say. Ingredior ad explicandam rationem sententiæ meæ. Ci. I begin to declare, or to make declaration of. Qui ingrediuntur ad studium. Cice. They which beginne to learne or to giue themselfe to studie. In causam ingredi. Cic. To enter into the quarrel. In orationem ingredi. Cic. To begin an oration. In spem ingredi. Cic. To begin to haue an hope. Quibus ego ducibus in haue spem sum ingressus. Cic. In vitam ingredi. Ci. To be borne. Consulatum ingredi. Quin. To begin. Disputationem ingredi cÛ aliquo. Cic. To begin to dispute with. Fatis ingressus iniquis, Vir. Beginning with yll fortune. Ingredi iter, per translationem. Cic. Quo nunc me vertam? quod iter incipiam iogredi? Which way should I begin: Orarionem ingredi. Cic. To begin to speake. Studia ingredi Quin. To begin to scudie. Vestigijs patrijs ingredi. Cice. To follow his fathers steps. Viam viuendi ingredi. Cic. To begin a maner of lining. Vulgarem viam ingredi. Quin. Quam vitam ingrediar, definias. Cic. Describe what maner of life I should begin.

I. Prop., to go into, to enter (class.; syn. intro, introeo).

1. With in and acc.: in stadium, Cic. de Or. 1, 32, 147: in templum, id. Phil. 14, 5, 12: in navem, id. Verr. 2, 5, 62, 160: cum in antiquum fundum ingredi vellet, frequentes armati obstiterunt, id. Caecin. 8, 21; 11, 31: in castra, Liv. 38, 27, 5: in urbem, id. 9, 7, 10.—

2. With acc.: iter pedibus, Cic. Sen. 10, 34: domum, id. Phil. 2, 27, 68: pontem Mulvium, id. Cat. 3, 2, 6: via, quam nobis quoque ingrediendum sit, id. Sen. 2, 6: hoc mare, Quint. 12 prooem. 4: mare, Sall. H. 3, 77: regnum, id. ib. 2, 45: curiam, Liv. 44, 19, 7; 40, 8, 1; Curt. 4, 7, 6; 9, 10, 1 al.—

3. With intra: ingrediens intra finem ejus loci, Cic. Caecin. 8, 22: ingredi intra munitiones, Caes. B. G. 5, 9, 6: intra fines, id. ib. 2, 4, 2.—

4. With dat.: castris ingressus Etruscis, Verg. A. 10, 148. —

5. With ad: ad quos (sc. deos penates) paulo ante ingressus hospitaliter fecerat, Just. 8, 3, 4.—

B. To enter upon, engage in, apply one's self to a thing.

1. With in and acc. (so most freq.): in vitam paulo serius, tanquam in viam, ingressus, Cic. Brut. 96, 330: jam ingrediar in disputationem, id. Rep. 1, 24, 38: in eam rationem, id. de Or. 2, 53, 213: in spem libertatis, id. Fam. 12, 25: in orationem, id. Phil. 7, 3: in bellum, id. Cat. 2, 6: in causam, id. Div. in Caecin. 12, 40; id. Fam. 6, 1, 4; id. Planc. 3, 8: in sermonem, Caes. B. C. 3, 18: in rem publicam, to engage in public affairs, Hirt. B. Afr. 22.—

2. With simple acc.: quam quisque viam vivendi sit ingressurus, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 118: disputationem mecum, id. Caecin. 28, 79: vitam, id. Off. 3, 2, 6; id. Ac. 2, 36, 114: magistratum, Sall. J. 43, 2: consulatum, Quint. 6, 1, 35: eadem pericula, Cic. Mur. 2, 4: hanc partem, Quint. 4, 3, 1: studia, id. 1, 10, 2: hunc video mihi principem ad ingrediendam rationem horum studiorum exstitisse, Cic. Arch. 1, 1: eloquendi rationem, Quint. 12 prooem. 3.—

3. With ad: ad discendum, Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94.—

C. To enter upon, begin, commence an action, speech, etc.

1. With inf.: posteaquam sum ingressus eas res mandare monumentis, Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 3: dicere, id. Att. 15, 11, 2: describere aliquid, id. de Sen. 14, 49: scribere, id. Div. 2, 1, 3; Quint. 1, 3, 18: versare dolos, Verg. A. 11, 704.—

2. Absol.: sic contra est ingressa Venus, thus began Venus (to speak), Verg. A. 4, 107: Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis, id. ib. 6, 867.—

3. With acc.: quam orationem cum ingressus essem, Cic. Att. 15, 11, 1: tibi res antiquae laudis et artis Ingredior, Verg. G. 2, 175: longinquam profectionem, Suet. Aug. 92.—

4. With in and acc.: quem ingressum in sermonem Pompeius interpellavit, at the beginning of his speech, Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 3; cf. 1, 2, 2.—

D. Of time, to enter upon, begin, commence: Caesar decimum nonum annum ingressus, Vell. 2, 61, 1: ingresso vere, when spring has begun or arrived, Luc. 10, 224.—

II. Transf., = incedo.— Prop., to go along, advance, proceed, march.

1. Absol.: si stas, ingredere; si ingrederis, curre, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3.—

2. With per: rex pedes per nivem et glaciem ingredi coepit, Curt. 5, 7, 8.—

3. With adv.: tardius, Cic. Tusc. 1, 31, 75: quacumque, Ov. F. 4, 481: elephanti gregatim ingrediuntur, Plin. 8, 5, 5, 11.—

4. With abl.: campo, Verg. A. 10, 763: solo, id. ib. 4, 177; 10, 767.—

B. Fig., to walk, go.

1. With abl.: vestigiis patris, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26; for which,

2. With acc.: vestigia patris, to follow, walk in, Liv. 37, 53, 11.—

3. With per: per titulos ingredimurque tuos, Ov. F. 2, 16.—

4. Absol.: sublimia debent ingredi, lenia duci, acria currere, delicata fluere, to march majestically, Quint. 9, 4, 139: nec tragoedia socco ingreditur, id. 10, 2, 22.