digressio

dīgressĭo, ōnis, f. [digredior], a parting, separating; a going away, departing, departure. *

• I Lit. (in this signif. more freq. digressus): congressio, tum vero digressio nostra, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4.—More freq.,
• II Trop., a going aside, deviation; esp. in lang., digression: qualis ad adjuvandum (sc. amicum) digressio (sc. a recto, referring to Cic. Lael. 17), Gell. 1, 3, 14: a proposita oratione, Cic. Brut. 85; so of speech, id. Inv. 1, 51; id. de Or. 2, 77, 312; 3, 53, 205 fin.; Quint. 4, 2, 19; 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 56 al.

dīgressio, ōnis, f. (digredior), I) das Weggehen, Sich-Trennen, Scheiden (Ggstz. congressio), Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 3, 4: Ggstz. conventus, Sen. nat. qu. 7, 12, 4. – II) übtr.: a) das Abgehen vom rechten Wege, vom Rechten, Gell. 1, 3, 14. – b) die Abschweifung in der Rede, die Episode, a proposita oratione, Cic.: ab re, Cic.: absol., bes. als rhet. Fig., Cic. u. Quint.: Plur., Quint. 10, 1, 33.

digressio [CL] , digression. ad haec ‥ investiganda, ‥ ~onem ‥ cogamur interserere Anselm Misc. 342; ipsa omnia possemus vobis aperte in scripturis ostendere; sed faceremus nimis magnam ~onem Ailr. Serm. 312A; facta est voluptuosa ~o, non sine re tamen Gir. TH III 12; fit ~o duobus modis: ‥ unus modus ~onis est quando digredimur in materia ad aliam partem materie; alius modus quando digredimur a materia ad aliud extra materiam Vinsauf AV II 2. 17; est etiam quedam digressio quando propinqua / transeo, quod procul est premittens ordine verso Id. PN 532; disgressio Ps.-Gros. Gram. 74 (v. epanalepsis 2).

dīgressĭō, (16) ōnis, f. (digredior), ¶ 1 action de sʼéloigner, départ : congressio, digressio nostra Cic. Q. 1, 3, 4, notre entrevue, notre séparation ¶ 2 [fig.] a) action de sʼécarter du droit chemin : Gell. 1, 3, 14 ; b) [rhét.] a proposita oratione Cic. Br. 292, action de sʼécarter de son sujet, digression, cf. de Or. 3, 203 ; [ou abs^t ] digression : Cic. Inv. 1, 27 ; 97 ; pl., Quint. 10, 1, 33.

➳ degressio *Cic. de Or. 2, 312.

digressio , onis. f. et, v. digressus
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dīgressiō ōnis, f

• digredior, a parting, separating: nostra.—Fig., a digression: a propositā oratione.