regredior

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ gradior (“step, walk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈɡre.di.or/, [rɛˈɡrɛd̪iɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈɡre.di.or/, [reˈɡrɛːd̪ior]

Verb

regredior (present infinitive regredī, perfect active regressus sum); third conjugation iō-variant, deponent

to go or come back; turn back, return
Synonyms: revertor, reveniō
(military) to march back, withdraw, retire, retreat
Synonyms: dēcēdō, discēdō, cēdō, deficiō, concēdō, excēdō, subtrahō, subdūcō, inclīnō, recēdō, facessō, āmoveō, recipiō, referō, vertō

Antonyms: prōgredior, prōdeō, prōcēdō, prōficiō, aggredior, ēvehō, incēdō, accēdō, adeō
(law) to have recourse, revert

Conjugation

Conjugation of regredior (third conjugation iō-variant, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	regredior	regrederis, regredere	regreditur	regredimur	regrediminī	regrediuntur
	imperfect	regrediēbar	regrediēbāris, regrediēbāre	regrediēbātur	regrediēbāmur	regrediēbāminī	regrediēbantur
	future	regrediar	regrediēris, regrediēre	regrediētur	regrediēmur	regrediēminī	regredientur
	perfect	regressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	regressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	regressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	regrediar	regrediāris, regrediāre	regrediātur	regrediāmur	regrediāminī	regrediantur
	imperfect	regrederer	regrederēris, regrederēre	regrederētur	regrederēmur	regrederēminī	regrederentur
	perfect	regressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	regressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	regredere	—	—	regrediminī	—
active	future	—	regreditor	regreditor	—	—	regrediuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		regredī	regressum esse	regressūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		regrediēns	regressus	regressūrus	—	—	regrediendus, regrediundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		regrediendī	regrediendō	regrediendum	regrediendō	regressum	regressū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: regressar
English: regress
Italian: regredire
Piedmontese: regredì
Portuguese: regressar
Spanish: regresar

References

“regredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“regredior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
regredior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.