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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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  • s. A pace, gradus (a step taken): gressus (a stepping): ☞ passus, in the best prose writers, always includes the idea of a certain length, a pace. To take a step, gradum facere (PROP.); agere et moliri (figuratively): to take long steps, magnos facere gradus; grandibus esse gradibus: to take short steps, gradum minuere (Quint.); parvo procedere passu (Ov.): not to stir a step out of the house, domo pedem non efferre; domi or domo se tenere: to take a hazardous step (figuratively), *periculosum consilium inire; se in casum dare: to keep step with anybody, gradum aequare (PROP.); parem esse alicui (figuratively): step by step, gradibus; gradatim (up or down, according to a certain measure), pedetentim (with great care and caution); minutatim (little by little): to take the first step in anything (figuratively), initium facere alicujus rei; aliquid facere coepisse: to tread with a firm step, certo gradu incedere: to urge anybody to take a bold step (figuratively), aliquem ad audendum aliquid concitare.
  • A footstep, vestigium: To follow the steps of anybody, vestigiis insistere (Cic.): vestigia persequi (Cic.), legere (Ov.), premere (Tac.).
  • A stair, gradus. Sometimes, plur., scalae (a flight of stairs): gradus, plur. (single stairs): descensio (a place for going down): a flight of steps, gradus scalarum.
  • Figuratively, A degree, gradus.
  • Measure, ratio: consilium: via [Vid: MEASURE]. To take a step, agere et moliri: to take a rash step, temere or inconsiderate agere.
2. v. gradum facere, incedere, ingredi. To step back, regredi; retrogredi: to step out = go quickly, pleno gradu tendere; gradum addere, accelerare, corripere: to step on anything, pedem ponere in aliqua re; ingredi aliquid (to set foot on); intrare aliquid (to enter); prodire in aliquid (e.g., in scenam): to step on shore, exire in terram, in litus: to step on board a ship, inscendere navem, or in navem: to step into, inire, introire, intrare, or ingredi aliquid (e.g., domum inire; domum, or in domum, introire; limen intrare): to step over, transire: to step aside, secedere (general term); de viā secedere (from the road or path, to make room); viam, locum dare; locum dare et cedere (that anybody may pass).