aggredior

aggredior (ad-g-) gressus, ī, dep.

ad + gradior, to approach : aliquo. — Esp., to approach, apply to, address : legatos aggreditur, S.: iudicem, to influence : mortales pecuniā, with bribes , S.: Venerem dictis, to accost , V.: astute, make advances , T.— To go against, fall upon, attack, assault : eos impeditos, Cs.: milites, S.: bene comitatum: alqm ferro, O.: murum scalis, S.: comminus, O.: adgressi iniciunt vincula, attacking , V.—Fig., to set about, undertake, assume, begin, attempt, try : de quibus dicere adgrediar: avellere Palladium, V.: oppidum oppugnare, Cs.: mollire impetum, L.: ad crimen: ad petitionem consulatūs, to become a candidate : ad faciendam iniuriam: ancipitem causam: maiora, S.: aliā viā, try another way , T.— To lay claim to, seize (poet.): magnos honores, V.