prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
I Lit.
A In gen.: procedere ad forum, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2: illuc procede, id. Capt. 5, 2, 1: a portu, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4: nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 20: pedibus aequis, Ov. P. 4, 5, 3: passu tacito, Val. Fl. 5, 351.—
B In partic.
1 In milit. lang., to go or march forwards , to advance , Caes. B. C. 3, 34: lente atque paulatim proceditur, id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25: agmen procedit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19: processum in aciem est, Liv. 25, 21: ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt, id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.—
2 Of processions, to go on , set forward , move on , advance , etc.: funus interim Procedit: sequimur, Ter. And. 128; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49: tacito procedens agmine, Sil. 7, 91: vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces, id. 6, 443.—
C Transf.
1 To go or come forth or out , to advance , issue : foribus foras procedere, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12: castris, Verg. A. 12, 169: extra munitiones, Caes. B. G 5, 43: in medium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94: e tabernaculo in solem, id. Brut. 9, 37: in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est, to be born feet first , Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45: mediā procedit ab aulā, Ov. M. 14, 46.—
b In gen., to show one's self , to appear : cum veste purpureā procedere, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119: obviam alicui procedere, to go towards , go to meet , id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.: Jugurthae obvius procedit, Sall. J. 21, 1: obviam, id. ib. 53, 5: procedat vel Numa, Juv. 3, 138.—
c In partic., to issue from the mouth , to be uttered : sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae, Tac. A. 4, 60 init. ; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—
d Of stars, etc., to rise , come into view : Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum, Verg. E. 9, 47: vesper, id. ib. 6, 86.—
e Of the moon, to wax , increase , Pall. 7, 3.—
2 Of plants, to put forth , spring forth , grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose): antequam radices longius procedere possint, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5: plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit, Col. 4, 22, 4: gemma sine dubio processura, Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.—
3 Of place, to project , extend : ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159: Lydia super Ioniam procedit, id. 5, 29, 30, § 110: promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit, id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.—
II Trop.
A Of time, to advance , pass , elapse (class.): ubi plerumque noctis processit, Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3: jamque dies alterque dies processit, Verg. A. 3, 356: dies procedens, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: procedente tempore, in process of time , Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17: si aetate processerit, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50: tempus processit, Caes. B. C. 3, 25: procedente die, Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8: procedunt tempora tarde, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5: incipient magni procedere menses, Verg. E. 4, 12: pars major anni jam processerat, Liv. 3, 37.—
B To come or go forth , to appear , to present or show one's self (poet. and post-Aug.): nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu, i. e. to conduct myself more gravely , to undertake more serious matters , Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9: quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit? Petr. 2.—
2 In partic., to go or get on , to advance , make progress (class.; cf. proficio): dicendi laude multum, Cic. Brut. 36, 137: in philosophiā, id. Fin. 3, 2, 6: honoribus longius, id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48: ad virtutis aditum, id. Fin. 3, 14, 48: ambitio et procedendi libido, a passion for getting on , for rising in the world , Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 3: longius iras, Verg. A. 5, 461: perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint, to what extent , how far , Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: ut ratione et viā procedat oratio, id. Fin. 1, 9, 29: eo vecordiae processit, ut, went so far in folly , Sall. J. 5, 2: Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum, id. ib. 21, 1; so, processit in id furoris, Vell. 2, 80, 2: eoque ira processit, ut, etc., Liv. 9, 26, 2: ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores, Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.—
C To run on , continue , remain : et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis, i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous , Liv. 5, 48, 7: ut iis stipendia procederent, id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf. aera, id. 5, 7, 12.—
D To go on , continue , follow; esp. of speech, etc.: ad dissuadendum, Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor λακωνισμὸν tuum: altera jam pagella procedit, Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—
E To turn out , result , succeed , prosper (class.): parum procedere, Ter. And. 672; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7: nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere, Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123: alicui pulcherrime, id. Phil. 13, 19, 40: alicui bene, id. Rab. Post. 1, 1: omnia prospere procedent, Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.— Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.: velut processisset Spurio Licinio, Liv. 2, 44, 1.— Absol. , to turn out or succeed well : mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34: ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia, id. ib. 4, 1, 4: Syre, processisti hodie pulcre, have succeeded finely , Ter. Ad. 979: si processit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent, Liv. 24, 26, 5.—
2 To turn out favorably for , to result in favor of , to benefit , be of use to one: totidem dies emptori procedent, Cato R. R. 148: benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt, Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.—
3 To be effectual : venenum non processerat, Tac. A. 15, 60: medicina processit, Col. 6, 6, 4.—
F To go or pass for , to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.): ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant, shall be reckoned as one , Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32: quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit, ib. 24, 1, 11.—
G To happen , take place , occur (ante-class.): numquid processit ad forum hodie novi? Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.—
H To come or proceed from , to be derived from (post-class.): res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt, Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass. : in processā aetate, advanced , Scrib. Comp. 100.