accessus (noun M) : accedo
* A going or coming to or near, an approaching, approach (syn. aditus; opp. recessus, discessus).
* Lit.: accessus nocturnus ad urbem,Cic. Mil. 19: (bestiarum) ad res salutares (opp. recessus),id. N. D. 2, 12 fin.: accessus prohibet refugitque viriles,Ov. M. 14, 636: solisaccessus discessusque,Cic. N. D. 2, 7; of the tide,id. Div. 2, 14 fin.; of a disease,Gell. 4, 2; of soldiers: difficilis,Caes. B. Afr. 5: maritimus, from the sea: pedestris,on the land side,id. B. Alex. 26: loci,to a place,id. B. Hisp. 38.
* Transf.
* Fig.
* The place by which one approaches, a passage, an entrance (in sing. and plur.), Verg. A. 8, 229; Suet. Caes. 58; Flor. 2, 12, 5; for ships,Liv. 29, 27, 9.
* An approaching, approach: ita pedetemptim cum accessus a se ad causam facti, tum recessus,an approach to the matter,Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 7.
* An accession, increase: accessu istius splendoris, Cod. Th. 6, 35, 7.

accessus, a, um, Part. of accedo.

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