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ē-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (inf. egredier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 32), v. dep. n. and a.

  1. I. Neutr., to go or come out, come forth (class.).
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen., with e or ex: foras e fano, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 4; cf.: e fano huc, id. ib. 3, 2, 49: e cubiculo, Cic. Rep. 1, 12: ex oppido, Caes. B. G. 2, 13, 2; 7, 11, 7: ex suis finibus, id. ib. 6, 31, 4: ex castris, id. ib. 6, 36, 2: e curia, Liv. 2, 48; 7, 31 et saep.
        With a or ab: ab sese, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 78; id. Epid. 3, 2, 44; Ter. And. 1, 3, 21; id. Ph. 5, 1, 5; Suet. Claud. 23; cf.: a nobis foras, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 50.
        With simple abl.: domo, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 1: portă, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7; Caes. B. G. 7, 28, 3; Liv. 9, 16: Romă, Cic. Quint. 6, 24; Hor. S. 1, 5, 1; cf. Suet. Aug. 53; id. Tib. 40: tabernaculo, id. Aug. 91: triclinio, id. Calig. 36 et saep.; cf.: domo foras, Plaut. Merc. 4, 6, 5.
        With adv.: hinc, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 74: intus, id. Pers. 2, 4, 30: unde, Caes. B. G. 5, 37, 4 et saep.
        Absol.: placide egredere, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 1; so id. Cas. 3, 2, 6; id. Mil. 2, 6, 59; id. Poen. 3, 2, 36 sq. et saep.: foras, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 27; id. Curc. 4, 1, 5; id. Cas. 2, 1, 15; id. Mil. 4, 1, 40; 4, 5, 16 et saep.: obviam, Liv. 9, 16: per medias hostium stationes, id. 5, 46; cf. poet.: per Veneris res, Lucr. 2, 437: extra munitiones, Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 9; 6, 36, 1; id. B. C. 3, 65, 4: extra fines, terminos, cancellos, Cic. Quint. 10, 35 sq.: extra portam, Liv. 3, 68; cf.: ad portam, i. e. out to the gate. id. 33, 47 fin.: in vadum, id. 8, 24 et saep.
        1. b. In an upward direction, to go up, climb, mount, ascend: scalis egressi, Sall. J. 60, 6 Kritz.; cf.: ad summum montis, id. ib. 93, 2: in tumulum, Liv. 26, 44: in altitudinem, id. 40, 22: in vallum, Tac. H. 3, 29: in tectum, id. ib. 3, 71: in moenia, id. ib. 4, 29: in sublime (liquor), Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111: altius, Ov. M. 2, 136.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. Milit. t. t.
          1. (α) To step out, leave: ne quispiam ordine egrederetur, Sall. J. 45, 2.
          2. (β) To move out, march out: e castris, Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; 7, 58, 2 al.: castris, id. ib. 2, 11, 1; Sall. J. 91, 3.
            Absol., Caes. B. C. 3, 77, 1; Sall. J. 91, 2; 106, 4; cf. also: in pacata, Liv. 10, 32: ad proelium, Caes. B. C. 2, 35, 5: ad oppugnandum, Sall. J. 59, 1.
        2. b. Naut. t. t.
          1. (α) (Ex) navi or absol., to disembark from a vessel, to land: ex navi, Cic. Vatin. 5, 12; Caes. B. G. 4, 26, 2; id. B. C. 3, 106, 4: navi, id. B. G. 4, 21, 9; Liv. 45, 13; cf. ratibus, Ov. M. 8, 153; and absol., Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 4; Liv. 1, 1; Ov. H. 21, 91; cf.: in terram, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 44: in litus, id. ib. 1, 5, 7.
          2. (β) E portu, or absol., to set sail, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6.
    2. B. Trop. in speaking, to digress, depart, deviate, wander (rarely): a proposito ornandi causa, Cic. Brut. 21, 82; cf.: ex quibus, Quint. 3, 9, 4.
      Absol., Quint. 4, 3, 15: extra praescriptum, id. 1, 1, 27.
  2. II. Act., to go beyond, to pass out of, to leave (freq. in the historians, partic. since the Aug. per.; not ante-class., nor in Cic.).
    1. A. Lit.: fines, Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 7: munitiones nostras, id. B. C. 3, 52 fin.: flumen Mulucham, Sall. J. 110 fin.: urbem, Liv. 1, 29 fin.; 3, 57 fin.; 22, 55 fin. al.: tecta, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 8: tentoria, Tac. A. 1, 30; Luc. 5, 510 et saep.: navem, Front. Strat. 1, 12, 1 Oud. N. cr.: portum (navis), Quint. 4, 1, 61.
    2. B. Trop., to overstep, surpass, exceed: per omnia fortunam hominis egressus, Vell. 2, 40, 2; so, vetus familia neque tamen praeturam egressa, yet had attained no higher honor than, Tac. A. 3, 30: quintum annum, Quint. 6 prooem. § 6: modum, id. 8, 6, 16; 9, 4, 146; Tac. A. 13, 2: sexum, id. ib. 16, 10 fin.: clementiam majorum suasque leges, id. ib. 3, 24: relationem, id. ib. 2, 38: medios metus, Val. Fl. 2, 277 et saep.: tecta altitudinem moenium egressa, Tac. H. 3, 30 fin.