(adverb) : ē-grĕdĭor, gressus, 3 (
* Inf. egredier, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 32), v. dep. n. and a.
* Neutr., to go or come out, come forth (class.).
* Lit.
* 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.).
* 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.
* In partic.
* Milit. t. t.
* To step out, leave: ne quispiam ordine egrederetur,Sall. J. 45, 2.
* Naut. t. t.
* (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.
* E portu, or absol., to set sail, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 7, 23; Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 6.
* 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, 57fin.; 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.
* 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, 10fin.: 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.

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