(v. n.P. a.) : in-vādo, vāsi, vāsum (invasse, Lucil. Sat. 2, 4), 3, v. n. and
* A., to go, come, or get into, to enter upon.
* Lit.: ignis quocumque invasit, cuncta disturbat ac dissipat,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 41: consul exercitusque Romanus sine certamine urbem invasere,Liv. 10, 10, 4; 24, 33 al.: forum,Tac. H. 1, 33: oppidum,Front. Strat. 3, 10, 2.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* In gen., to go, make, accomplish a distance: biduo tria milia stadiorum invasit,Tac. A. 11, 8.
* To enter upon, set foot upon: tuque invade viam,Verg. A. 6, 260: lutum minis frigidum,App. M. 9, p. 232, 11.
* To enter violently, move against, rush upon, fall upon, assail, assault, attack, invade (syn. oppugno); constr with in and acc., or simple acc.
* With in and acc. (so nearly always in Cic.; cf. II. B. γ infra): in oppidum antiquum et vetus,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60: in transversa latera invaserant cohortes,Liv. 27, 42: globus juvenum in ipsum consulem invadit,id. 2, 47: in collum (mulieris) invasit,fell upon her neck,Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77: alicujus pectus amplexibus,to embrace,Petr. 91: aliquem basiolis,id. 85; with osculari,id. 74: in Galliam,Cic. Phil. 11, 2: si in eas (urbes) vi cum exercitu invasisses,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20: cum ferro in aliquem,id. Caecin. 9, 25.—Impers.: in oculos invadi nunc est optimum,Plaut. As. 5, 2, 58.
* To rush into, enter hurriedly into a struggle, fight, etc. (poet.): Martem,Verg. A. 12, 712: proelia,Mart. 9, 57, 6: certamina,Sil. 17, 473: bella,id. 9, 12: pugnam,id. 12, 199 al.; cf.: in pugnas, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 323, 32; and: aut pugnam aut aliquid jam dudum invadere magnum mens agitat mihi,to attempt, enter hurriedly upon,Verg. A. 9, 186.
* To make an attack on, seize, grasp: Jubae barbam,Suet. Caes. 71: cibum avidius,Aur. Vict. Epit. 20, 9: pallium,Petr. 5, 15: capillos,Prop. 3, 8 (4, 7), 5: virgineos artus,Ov. M. 11, 200; cf. Suet. Ner. 29.
* To fall upon, seize, take possession of, usurp; constr. with in and acc., or simple acc.
* With in and acc.: in multas pecunias,Cic. Phil. 2, 16: in quod ipsa invaderet,id. N. D. 2, 49, 124: in fortunas alicujus,id. Phil. 2, 26, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 5: in praedia alicujus,id. ib. 8: in nomen Marii,id. Phil. 1, 1: in arcem illius causae,id. Fam. 1, 9, 8.
* To make an attack on, seize, lay hold of, attack, befall a person or thing; with simple acc., or in and acc., or dat.
* With simple acc.: cum gravis morbus invasit,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 40: ne reliquos populares metus invaderet,Sall. J. 35 fin.: cupido Marium,id. ib. 89, 6; id. C. 31, 1 al.: tantus repente terror invasit, ut,Caes. B. C. 1, 14.
* To assail with words, accost (poet.): continuo invadit,Verg. A. 4, 265: Agrippa consules anni prioris invasit, cur silerent,Tac. A. 6, 4: Vinnium Laco minaciter invasit,id. H. 1, 33.—Hence, invāsus, a, um, P. a., ingrafted: comae, i. e. rami,Pall. Insit. 120.
* Rarely with dat.: furor invaserat improbis,Cic. Fam. 16, 12, 2; Gell. 19, 4.
* Absol.: ubi pro continentiā et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere,Sall. C. 2, 5: ubi contagio quasi pestilentia invasit,id. ib. 10, 6: cum potentiā avaritia sine modo ... invasere,id. J. 41, 9.

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