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gressus

gressus2, a stepping, going, step, course, way

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

gressus , ūs, m.: a stepping; step, walk, course, way, 1.401; of a ship, 5.162; air, mien, gait, 5.649; ferre gressum, to walk, 6.677; efferre gressum, to go forth or out, 2.753; comprimere gressum, to stop, stay one’s steps, 6.389. (gradior)

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gressus, a, um, Part., from gradior.
gressus, ūs, m. [gradior],
  • a stepping, going, step, course, way.
    • A Lit. (poet. and post-class.; cf.: gradus, passus, incessus, ingressus): tendere gressum ad moenia, Verg. A. 1, 410; so in sing., id. ib. 6, 389; 11, 29.—In plur.: gressus glomerare superbos, Verg. G. 3, 117; 4, 360; Val. Fl. 1, 183; Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33; Gell. 1, 11, 6; 11, 13, 10.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 Poet., of the course of a vessel: huc dirige gressum, Verg. A. 5, 162.—
      • 2 A pace, as a measure of length, Gromat. Vet. p. 373, 9.

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