proceed Copy link Outline I. To direct one's course1. pergo, perrexi, ctum, 3 (to go straight)2. prŏfĭciscor, 33. contendo, 3 (with expedition)II. To move on1. prōcēdo, ssi, ssum, 32. incēdo, 3 (esp. to meet the foe)3. prōgrĕdior, gressus, 3III. To go on to a fresh topic1. pergo, 32. prōgrĕdior, 33. transeo, 4, irr. (to pass on)IV. To arise from1. prŏfĭciscor, 3 (locally, or in fig. sense)2. ŏrior, ortus, 3 and 43. ēmāno, 1 (as it were to issue from a source)V. To take legal steps against any one • proceed: I. To direct one's course: 1. pergo, perrexi, ctum, 3 (to go straight): they p. to the camp, pergunt ad castra, Caes. B. G. 3, 18, extr. (in pursuance of a purpose before expr. by, ire ad castra, ad castra contendere): Sall. Cat. 44, med. 2. prŏfĭciscor, 3: v. to set out. 3. contendo, 3 (with expedition): v. to hasten. II. To move on: 1. prōcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 101 (de funere): Liv. 21, 35, fin. 2. incēdo, 3 (esp. to meet the foe): Liv. 28, 14, fin.: cf. id. 21, 35, med. (quum segniter agmen incederet). 3. prōgrĕdior, gressus, 3: v. to advance (B). III. To go on to a fresh topic: 1. pergo, 3: proceed to explain to me, perge mihi explicare, Cic. Part. 8, 28: foll. by ad, id. Br. 43, init. (pergamus ad reliqua): Liv. Also rarely, to begin and go on: Virg. E. 6, 13. 2. prōgrĕdior, 3: Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 119 (ad reliqua p.). 3. transeo, 4, irr. (to pass on): Cic. Inv. 1, 21, extr.: Liv. (N.B--Often not needing to be separately expressed: cf. Cic. Man. 8, init., quoniam de genere belli dixi nunc de magnitudine pauca dicam, I will now p. briefly to speak, etc.: or, deinceps may be used: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 42, de justitia satis dictum est: deinceps de ... dicatur, let us now p. to speak, etc.). IV. To arise from: 1. prŏfĭciscor, 3 (locally, or in fig. sense): v. to originate (II. 3). 2. ŏrior, ortus, 3 and 4: v. to arise. 3. ēmāno, 1 (as it were to issue from a source): Cic. Att. 7, 21, init. (istinc emanant mala nostra, p. from thence): cf. id. Inv. 2, 2, 7. In same sense, simple verb, mano: id. Par. 3, 1, extr.: etc. V. To take legal steps against any one: Phr.: litem (actionem) intendere alicui, etc.: v. action (V.): cf. Liv. 3, 44, med., jure grassari non vi (but grassor usu. implies wrongful violence).