progressio
Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst
Latin > English
progressio progressionis N F :: progress/development; advance/forward movement; rising figure of speech; climax
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prōgressĭo: ōnis, f. progredior,
I a going forth or forward, progression; trop., advancement, progress, growth, increase (a favorite word with Cicero).
I In gen.: omnium rerum principia parva sunt, sed suis progressionibus usa augentur, Cic. Fin. 5, 21, 58; cf. id. Ac. 1, 5, 20: progressionem, virtutem persequi, id. Fin. 4, 7, 17: progressio admirabilis ad omnem excellentiam, id. Tusc. 4, 1, 1: progressionem facere ad virtutem, id. Fin. 4, 24, 66: discendi, id. Off. 3, 3, 14.—
II In partic., a figure of speech, a progression, climax, i. e. a progressive strengthening of expressions, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; Quint. 9, 1, 33.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
prōgressĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (progredior),
1 progrès, accroissement : progressiones Cic. Fin. 5, 58, les progrès, les développements ; progressio discendi Cic. Off. 3, 14, progrès des études ; progressionem fieri ad virtutem Cic. Fin. 4, 67, [ils disent] qu’on peut s’acheminer progressivement vers la vertu ; qui habent ad virtutem progressionis aliquantum Cic. Fin. 4, 66, ceux qui ont fait un progrès notable vers la vertu
2 [rhét.] progression, gradation : Cic. de Or. 3, 206.
Latin > German (Georges)
prōgressio, ōnis, f. (progredior), das Fortschreiten, der Fortgang, I) der Fortgang der Rede, versuum progressione, Eulog. in Cic. somn. Scip. p. 403, 27 B. – II) der Fortschritt = die Zunahme, das Wachstum, rei militaris, Cic.: progressionem facere ad virtutem, Cic. – III) als Redefigur, das Fortschreiten zu immer stärkeren Ausdrücken, die Steigerung, Cic. de or. 3, 206. Quint. 9, 1, 33.
