ingressus, ūs, m. [ingredior], a going into, entering, an entrance.
I Lit.: Antonii in castra, Vell. 2, 63, 2: turba ad ingressum tuum te consalutavit, Plin. Pan. 5, 4; 22 fin. : haec in ipso ingressu meo (sc. in provinciam) scripsi, Plin. Ep. ad Traj. 17, 4.— Esp.
B A hostile entrance , inroad : ingressus hostiles, Tac. A. 15, 3.—
C A going , walking , gait : ingressus, cursus, accubitio, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 94: prohiberi ingressu, were prevented from moving , could not stir a step , Caes. B. C. 1, 84; cf.: instabilemque ingressum praebere, Liv. 24, 34, 15; so, praebere ingressum, Front. Stat. 3, 7, 4: quaedam terrae ad ingressus tremunt, Plin. 2, 94, 96, § 209: celsior, id. 11, 16, 16, § 51. —
II Transf., the way into a place , entrance , passage : trini ingressus, Prud. Psych. 843; cf.: vulgus quod Horatius arcet ingressu, Aus. Edyll. 6 ep. —
III Trop., an entering upon any thing, beginning , commencement : in ingressu, Quint. 9, 4, 72: in ingressu (causae) ac fine, id. 8 prooem. § 7: in ingresssu operis, id. 10, 1, 48: ingressus capere, Verg. G. 4, 316: Cannensis pugnae temerarius ingressus, Val. Max. 4, 5, 2.