stalk (v.) Copy link Outline I. To walk proudly1. incēdo, cessi, 32. ingrĕdior, essus sum, 3II. To follow stealthily, as game • stalk (v.): I. To walk proudly: 1. incēdo, cessi, 3: you s. along in your pride at my misfortune, meo superbus incedis malo, Hor. Epod. 15, 18. 2. ingrĕdior, essus sum, 3: he s.s in fury on the plain, turbidus ingreditur campo, Virg. Aen. 10, 762. Perh. *gressu superbo (arroganti) ambulare. II. To follow stealthily, as game: perh. insidiis excipere: cf. Virg. E. 3, 18: insidias explorare in aliquem: cf. Virg. G. 3, 537: let us s. boars, insidiemur apris, Mart. 12, 14, 10 (opp. to rumpere, to run down).