pace (v.) Copy link Outline I. Intrans.1. spătior, 1 (to walk about, not going in any particular direction)2. incēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go with a measured, stately gait)II. Trans.III. Also Trans. • pace (v.): I. Intrans.: 1. spătior, 1 (to walk about, not going in any particular direction): to p. up and down in a portico, in xysto s., Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 8: the crow p.s solitary on the dry sand, cornix sola in sicca s. arena, Virg. G. 1, 389: cf. pace, subs. (III., 2). 2. incēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (to go with a measured, stately gait): v. to stalk. Phr.: to p. steadily along, *composito ire gradu, cf. Virg. G. 3, 191. II. Trans.: To get over ground by pacing: perh. calco, 1: you have p.d more ground than any drudging muleteer, plura loca calcasti quam ullus perpetuarius mulio, Sen. Apoc. 6, 2. Less colloq. pedibus obeo, 4, irr.: v. to travel. III. Also Trans.: to measure off distance by paces: *gradibus s. passibus ēmētior: v. to measure.