prō-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (collat. form, acc. to the fourth conj., inf. progrediri, Plaut. Cas. 5, 1, 9; imp. progredimino, id. Ps. 3, 2, 70; act. collat. form, v. infra fin.), v. dep. a. [gradior], to come or go forth, to go or march forward, go on, advance, proceed (class.; syn.: prodeo, proficiscor).
I Lit.: ut regredi quam progredi mallent, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33: si quo hic gradietur, pariter progrediminor, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 70: foras, id. Men. 1, 1, 33; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 29: pedetemptim, Lucr. 5, 533: ex domo, Cic. Cael. 24, 60: longius a castris, Caes. B. G. 7, 14: in locum iniquum, id. B. C. 1, 45: tridui viam progressi, id. B. G. 4, 4; 5, 47; 7, 61: ad Inalpinos cum exercitu, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4, 1: ante signa, Liv. 7, 41: obviam alicui, id. 7, 10 fin. —
II Trop.: nunc ad reliqua progrediar, will proceed , Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119: procedere et progredi in virtute, id. Fin. 4, 23, 64: cum autem progrediens confirmatur animus, agnoscit ille quidem naturae vim, sed ita ut progredi possit longius, id. ib. 5, 15, 43; so, longius progredi, to go on , id. Phil. 2, 4, 9: quoad progredi potuerit feri hominis amentia, id. ib. 11, 3, 6: videamus, quatenus amor in amicitiā progredi debeat, id. Lael. 11, 36: divinatio conjecturā nititur, ultra quam progredi non potest, id. Div. 1, 14, 24: progredientibus aetatibus, id. Fin. 5, 15, 41: paulum aetate progressus, advanced in age , become older , id. Sen. 10, 33: in adulationem progressus, Tac. A. 3, 47: quo amentiae progressi sunt, Liv. 28, 27: paulum aliquid ultra primas litteras progressi, Quint. 1, 1, 8; cf.: incipientibus aut paulum progressis, id. 11, 3, 149.
III —Hence, prōgressus , a, um, P. a., advanced : progressā aetate, Suet. Claud. 2.— Comp. : ut progressior reverteretur anima, Tert. Anim. 31: progressioris aetatis sum, Vulg. Josh. 23, 2.— Act. collat. form, prōgrĕdĭo , īre, to go forward , etc. (ante-class.): age, move te, in navem primus progredi, Nov. ap. Non. 473, 27.