progredior

Latin

Etymology

prō- +‎ gradior (“step, walk”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈɡrɛ.di.ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈɡrɛː.di.or]

Verb

prōgredior (present infinitive prōgredī, perfect active prōgressus sum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent

1. to come, go, or march forth, forward or on; advance, proceed

   Synonyms: prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, gradior, incēdō, accēdō, ēvehō, succēdō, subeō, adeō

   Antonyms: facessō, dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, dēficiō, concēdō, inclīnō, recēdō, recipiō, referō

2. (figuratively) to make progress, advance, develop, proceed, go on; advance in age, get older

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōgredior (third (-iō variant) conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōgredior		prōgrederis, prōgredere		prōgreditur		prōgredimur		prōgrediminī		prōgrediuntur
	imperfect	prōgrediēbar		prōgrediēbāris, prōgrediēbāre		prōgrediēbātur		prōgrediēbāmur		prōgrediēbāminī		prōgrediēbantur
	future	prōgrediar		prōgrediēris, prōgrediēre		prōgrediētur		prōgrediēmur		prōgrediēminī		prōgredientur
	perfect	prōgressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōgressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōgressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōgrediar		prōgrediāris, prōgrediāre		prōgrediātur		prōgrediāmur		prōgrediāminī		prōgrediantur
	imperfect	prōgrederer		prōgrederēris, prōgrederēre		prōgrederētur		prōgrederēmur		prōgrederēminī		prōgrederentur
	perfect	prōgressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōgressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōgredere		—		—		prōgrediminī		—
	future	—		prōgreditor, prōgrediminō		prōgreditor		—		—		prōgrediuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōgredī			—			prōgrediēns			—
future		prōgressūrum esse			—			prōgressūrus			prōgrediendus, prōgrediundus
perfect		prōgressum esse			—			prōgressus			—
future perfect		prōgressum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		prōgressūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōgrediendī		prōgrediendō		prōgrediendum		prōgrediendō		prōgressum		prōgressū

Old forms are:

• The second-person future active imperative in -minō is attested in Plautus, Pseudolus 859.
• infinitive of the 4th conjugation: prōgredīrī
• active verb forms: prōgrediō

Derived terms

• prōgressiō
• prōgressīvus
• prōgressor
• prōgressus

Related terms

• aggredior
• antegredior
• congredior
• dēgredior
• dīgredior
• ēgredior
• gradior
• ingredior
• regredior
• retrōgradior
• trānsgredior

Descendants

• English: progress
• Italian: progredire
• Portuguese: progredir
• Spanish: progresar

References

• “progredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “progredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “progredior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to march further forward: longius progredi, procedere
    
  • to make progress in a subject: in aliqua re progressus facere, proficere, progredi
    
  • to proceed, carry on a discussion logically: ratione et via, via et ratione progredi, disputare (Or. 33. 116)
    
  • to pass the limit: ultra modum progredi
    
  • to pass on: ad reliqua pergamus, progrediamur
    
• progredior in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016