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|lshtext=<b>ac-cēdo</b>: cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. (<br /><b>I</b> perf. sync., accēstis, Verg. A. 1, 201), to go or [[come]] to or [[near]], to [[approach]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., constr. [[with]] ad, in, the [[local]] adverbs, the acc., dat., infin., or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[local]] adv.: [[eodem]] pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84: [[illo]], Cic. Caecin. 16, 46: quo, Sall. J. 14, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—（ε) 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.—（* ζ) With inf.: dum [[constanter]] [[accedo]] decerpere (rosas), App. M. 4, p. 143 med.—（η) 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">Mercant. t. t.: accedere ad hastam, to [[attend]] an [[auction]], Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[late]] Lat.: ad [[manus]] ([[different]] from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to [[kiss]] hands, Capit. Maxim. 5.<br /><b>II</b> Fig.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 vectiǵalia, 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.

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