ac-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. (perf. sync., accēstis, Verg. A. 1, 201), to go or come to or near, to approach (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen., constr. with ad , in , the local adverbs , the acc., dat., infin. , or absol.
α With ad : accedam ad hominem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 14; so, ad aedīs, id. Amph. 1, 1, 108: ad flammam, Ter. Andr. 130: 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.—
β 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.—
γ With local adv. : eodem pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84: illo, Cic. Caecin. 16, 46: quo, Sall. J. 14, 17.—
δ 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), Ap. Met. 4, 3, 3.—
η Absol. : accedam atque hanc appellabo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 17: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit, Cic. Caecin. 13, 36: accessit propius, id. 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.
B In partic.
1 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. 583.—
2 Mercant. t. t.: accedere ad hastam, to attend an auction , Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—
3 In late Lat.: ad manus (different from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to kiss hands , Capit. Maxim. 5.
II Fig.
A In gen., to come near to , to approach : haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit, Ter. Hec. 482; so, clemens quidam sonus aurīs ejus accedit, Ap. Met. 5, 4, 3; 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.
B In partic.
1 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. 29: num tibi stultitia accessit? have you become a fool? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77: paulum vobis accessit pecuniae, Ter. Hec. 506: 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.
2 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. And. 215: accedit illud: si maneo ... cadendum est in unius potestatem, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.
3 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.
4 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 ( Luc. ), 11, 36 al.
5 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.