access Copy link Outline I. Lit. approach, or the way by which a thing may be approached1. ădĭtus, ūs2. accessus, ūs3. vĭaII. Return or fit of fever, accessus, ūs. Plin. • access: I. Lit. approach, or the way by which a thing may be approached: and Fig. liberty or means of approach: 1. ădĭtus, ūs: he has been more difficult of a., a. ad eum difficiliores fuerunt, Cic.: men are not allowed a. into that shrine, a. in id sacrarium non est viris, Cic.: merchants have no a. to them, nullus a. est ad eos mercatoribus, Caes. Fig.: a. to the consulship, a. ad consulatum, Cic. 2. accessus, ūs: to give or deny a., a. dare, negare, Ov.: to examine every means of a., omnem a. lustrare, Virg.: explorare, Suet. 3. vĭa: to this highest excellence the a. is most easy, hujus summae virtutis facillima est via, Quint.: v. way. Phr.: Without a., invius (v. impassable, inaccessible): to open up a. to a country, make it accessible (q. v.), regionem aperire, Liv.: Tac.: prizes to which mercenaries have a., praemia quae stipendiariis patent, Cic. (v. to be accessible): a pilfering slave who has a. to everything, furax servus cui nihil sit occlusum, Cic. (v. to lock up). II. Return or fit of fever, accessus, ūs. Plin.: accessio, Cels.: impĕtus, ūs, Cic.: tentātio, Cic. Phr.: he had only one access of fever, febris semel tantum accessit, Cels.