Lewis Short
(verb) : in-cēdo, cessi, cessum (
* Sync. perf. incesti, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 11), 3, and a., to go, step, or march along at a measured pace (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic., in milit. lang., to move forwards, advance, march: barbari in perculsos Romanos acrius incedere,Sall. J. 101, 7: in erumpentes,Liv. 9, 21: cohortes paulatim incedere jubet,Sall. C. 60, 1: munito agmine,id. J. 46, 6: agmen reliquum incedere coepit,Liv. 21, 33, 1: segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant,id. 28, 14, 18: Sabini usque ad portas urbis populantes incessere,id. 2, 63, 7: propius incedentes,Tac. A. 4, 47: quod gnarum duci incessitque itineri et proelio paratus,id. ib. 1, 51 (Ritter, but Halm omits paratus).
* In gen. (rare): malitiae lenonis contra incedam,will encounter,Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 31: facilius ad inventionem animus incedet si, etc.,will proceed to,Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45 Orell. N. cr.
* In partic.
* To triumph over, exult over; with dat.: meo nunc superbus incedis malo,Hor. Epod. 15, 18: ille superbus incedet victis rivalibus,Juv. 12, 126.
* Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to come to, happen to, befall, attack, seize one; to approach, arrive, appear, occur (perh. not in Cic.); constr. with dat., acc., in and acc., or absol.
* With dat. (so most freq.): exercitui omni tantus incessit ex incommodo dolor, ut, etc.,Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 1: magnus omnium incessit timor animis,id. ib. 2, 29, 1: mulieres, quibus belli timor insolitus incesserat, etc.,Sall. C. 31, 3 Kritz N. cr.; id. H. 2, 60: gravior cura patribus incessit,Liv. 4, 57, 10: incedebat enim deterrimo cuique licentia,Tac. A. 3, 36: cupido incessit animo,Curt. 7, 11, 4; 3, 1, 16: si sterilitas annorum incessit hominibus,Col. 2, 10, 1; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5.
* With acc.: ipsum ingens cupido incesserat Tarenti potiundi,Liv. 24, 13, 5: timor patres incessit, ne, etc.,id. 1, 17, 4; 2, 7, 1; 2, 32, 1; 7, 39, 4 et saep.: indignatio hostes incessit,id. 3, 60: adversa valetudo aliquem,Tac. A. 3, 71: ingens animos desperatio incessit,Curt. 4, 2, 16; 3, 8, 25: stupor omnes et admiratio incessit,Just. 22, 6, 11: cupido incessit aliquem (with acc. and inf.), Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 38, 6; 2, 16, 3.
* With in and acc.: vis morbi, pestilentia incedit in castra, in Poenos Romanosque,Liv. 29, 10, 3: pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos Poenosque, id. 28, 46, 15.
* Absol.: nova nunc religio unde istaec incessit?Ter. And. 4, 3, 15: tantus eo facto timor incessit,Caes. B. C. 3, 101; Auct. B. Alex. 7: postquam tenebrae incedebant,Tac. A. 15, 37; cf.: ubi crepusculum incesserit,Col. 11, 1, 18: ubi tempestas incessit,id. 12, 2, 5: frigora,id. 12, 52, 12: siccitates,id. 5, 9, 11: lascivia atque superbia incessere,Sall. J. 41, 3: ubi Romam legati venere, tanta commutatio incessit, uti, etc.,id. ib. 13, 7: religio deinde incessit, vitio eos creatos,Liv. 8, 17, 4: ubi pro modestia ac pudore ambitio et vis incedebat,Tac. A. 3, 26: haud invito imperatore ea fieri occultus rumor incedebat,went abroad, spread about,id. ib. 2, 55fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary