stride

stride
v. intrans.
Ar. and P. διᾰβαίνειν (Ar.), V. βαίνειν.

stride
subs.
Ar. and V. βῆμα, τό, βά̆σῐς, ἡ.
When he has taken this immense stride: Ar. τοσόνδε δʼ αὐτοῦ βῆμα διαβεβηκότος (Eq. 77).

STRIDE

magnus gressus: grandis or plenus gradus. To take long strides pleno gradu incedere (of a rapid pace); magnos facere gradus; grandibus esse gradibus (Plaut.): to make great strides figuratively longe progredi; procedere et progredi; processus (☞ in the best writers never profectum) facere in re.

stride (subs.): perh. most exactly expr. by *lentus et procerus passus: *incessus grandis: or by, gradus with a qualifying adj. (v. infr.). Phr.: what great s.s you take, ut tu es gradibus grandibus, Pl. Epid. 1, 1, 11: to take huge s.s, ingentes ferre gradus, Ov. A. A. 3, 304. [N.B.--Not, pleno gradu incedere (R. and A.), which = to advance at full speed: nor, magnos facere gradus (ib.), since in Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, facere gradum = to make a step with an effort (of a lame man)]: advancing with great s.s, grandia ingrediens, Gell. 9, 11, ad med.: cf. grandia incedens, Amm. 22, 14, post init. [For fig. sense, to make s.s in (= to advance): v. TO ADVANCE, B., II.]: v. also STEP (subs.).

stride (v.):

I. To take long steps: v. STRIDE (subs.).

II. To stride over: vārĭco: to s. over a rampart, (vallum) v., Varr. L. L. 5, 24, 34: v. TO STRADDLE, BESTRIDE.