adgreditur

Adgreditur is a Latin term that appears as a verb form in the language’s deponent paradigm. It is most commonly understood as a present-tense form of the deponent verb adgrediō, adgredī, adgressus sum, meaning to approach, advance, attack, or undertake. In classical Latin, deponent verbs have passive-looking endings but active meanings; their present indicative forms function as the active present.

The standard present system for adgrediōn is: adgredior, adgrediris, adgreditur, adgredimur, adgredimini, adgreduntur. The form adgreditur (3rd person singular) is the typical present passive-looking form with active meaning: “he/she/it approaches/attacks.” The form adgreditur is not part of the classical paradigm and is generally regarded as a nonstandard variant or a scribal/spelling variation found in some later texts.

Etymologically, adgrediō comes from the prefix ad- “toward” and the stem gredi-/grad- related to stepping or going, aligning with senses of advancing, approaching, or beginning an action. The verb is closely related to other motion or undertaking verbs in Latin and is often used in military, political, or figurative contexts.

Usage notes: In Latin texts, adgrediōn and its forms are used to describe initiating an action toward someone or something, such as approaching an objective, attacking an enemy, or undertaking a task. When encountered as adgreditur in texts, readers should consider it a likely orthographic variant of adgreditur or a scribal error, rather than a distinct lexical entry.

See also: adgredi, adgredior, adgressus, aggressio, deponent verbs.