aggressio
Latin > English
aggressio aggressionis N F :: attack; action of setting about/undertaking (task)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aggressĭo: (adg-), ōnis, f. aggredior.
I A going to or toward a thing (very rare; in the class. per. only in rhet. lang. for a proëm, introduction to a speech, = prooemium): cumque animos primā adgressione occupaverit, infirmabit excludetque contraria, * Cic. Or. 15, 50.—Also a rhetorical syllogism, Gr. ἐπιχείρημα, Quint. 5, 10, 4; 28, 14, 27.—
II An attack, assault (cf. aggredior, II. B.), App. M. 8, p. 208, 27 Elm.
Latin > German (Georges)
aggressio (adgressio), ōnis, f. (aggredior), I) der Anfall, Angriff, aggr. proelii, Heges. 3, 24: Plur., aggressiones ferinae, Apul. met. 8, 16: violentissimae, Augustin. ep. 108, 18: diurnae atque nocturnae, Possid. vit. Augustin. 10. – II) übtr.: 1) in der Rhetor., der Angriff = der erste Anlauf, den der gerichtl. Redner nimmt, primā aggressione animos occupare, Cic. or. 50. – 2) in der Dialekt., als Übersetzung von έπιχείρημα = die Schlußfolge, der Syllogismus, Quint. 5, 10, 4 sqq.