athwart

trans-verto, ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).

Lit.:

ut quae defensio fuerat, eadem in accusationem transverteretur,

should be turned, converted, App. Mag. p. 325, 33: eorum consilia hac atque illac variā cogitatione, to turn over, Firm. Math. 6, 15.—

Transf., to turn away, avert:

inimica,

Arn. 7, 219:

fortes meos,

Tert. Praescr. 37. — Hence, transversus ( - vorsus) or trāver-sus, a, um, P. a., turned across; hence, going or lying across, athwart, crosswise; cross-, transverse, traverse (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

viae,

cross-streets, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

tramites,

Liv. 2, 39, 3:

limites,

id. 22, 12, 2:

fossa,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

fossas viis praeducit,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

vallum,

id. ib. 3, 63:

tigna,

id. ib. 2, 9:

transversosque volare per imbres fulmina cernis,

Lucr. 2, 213; cf.:

nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

id. 6, 190:

Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro,

across the forum, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: taleae ne plus quattuor digitos transversos emineant, four fingers across, four finger-breadths, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126; cf.

prov.: si hercle tu ex isto loco Digitum transversum aut unguem latum excesseris,

a fingerbreadth, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18; so,

digitus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58 (v. digitus);

for which, also: discedere a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem,

id. Att. 13, 20, 4:

(versibus) incomptis allinet atrum Transverso calamo signum,

Hor. A. P. 447:

ut transversus mons sulcetur,

Col. 2, 4, 10: plurimum refert, concava sint (specula), an elata;

transversa, an obliqua,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, a cross direction or position, only with prepp. adv., crosswise, transversely, etc.:

non prorsus, verum ex transverso cedit, quasi cancer solet,

obliquely, sideways, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45:

e transverso vacefit locus,

Lucr. 6, 1018:

paeninsula ad formam gladii in transversum porrecta,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83:

in transversum positae (arbores),

id. 16, 42, 81, § 222:

aratione per transversum iteratā,

id. 18, 20, 49, § 180; so id. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. saepe traversa):

collectus pluvialis aquae transversum secans,

intersecting diagonally, Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.; cf. poet. in plur.:

(venti) mutati transversa fremunt,

at right angles to their former direction, Verg. A. 5, 19; so id. E. 3, 8; Val. Fl. 2, 154; Stat. Th. 1, 348.—

Trop.:

transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae,

crossed, thwarted, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: cum coepit transversos agere felicitas, i. e. to lead aside or astray, Sen. Ep. 8, 3:

transversum judicem ferre,

Quint. 10, 1, 110; Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67; 28, 1, 1, § 1. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, n., only with prepp. adv.:

ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat,

i. e. contrary to expectation, unexpectedly, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5:

ecce tibi iste de transverso, Heus, inquit, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14;

for which: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit,

Petr. 55:

haec calamitas ex transverso accidit,

Scrib. Comp. 231.—Hence, advv.

transversē ( - vorsē), crosswise, transversely, obliquely:

transverse describantur horae in columellā,

Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—

transversim, transversely, crosswise:

obliquatis manibus,

Tert. Bapt. 8.

trans-verto, ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).

Lit.:

ut quae defensio fuerat, eadem in accusationem transverteretur,

should be turned, converted, App. Mag. p. 325, 33: eorum consilia hac atque illac variā cogitatione, to turn over, Firm. Math. 6, 15.—

Transf., to turn away, avert:

inimica,

Arn. 7, 219:

fortes meos,

Tert. Praescr. 37. — Hence, transversus ( - vorsus) or trāver-sus, a, um, P. a., turned across; hence, going or lying across, athwart, crosswise; cross-, transverse, traverse (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

viae,

cross-streets, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

tramites,

Liv. 2, 39, 3:

limites,

id. 22, 12, 2:

fossa,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

fossas viis praeducit,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

vallum,

id. ib. 3, 63:

tigna,

id. ib. 2, 9:

transversosque volare per imbres fulmina cernis,

Lucr. 2, 213; cf.:

nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

id. 6, 190:

Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro,

across the forum, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: taleae ne plus quattuor digitos transversos emineant, four fingers across, four finger-breadths, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126; cf.

prov.: si hercle tu ex isto loco Digitum transversum aut unguem latum excesseris,

a fingerbreadth, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18; so,

digitus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58 (v. digitus);

for which, also: discedere a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem,

id. Att. 13, 20, 4:

(versibus) incomptis allinet atrum Transverso calamo signum,

Hor. A. P. 447:

ut transversus mons sulcetur,

Col. 2, 4, 10: plurimum refert, concava sint (specula), an elata;

transversa, an obliqua,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, a cross direction or position, only with prepp. adv., crosswise, transversely, etc.:

non prorsus, verum ex transverso cedit, quasi cancer solet,

obliquely, sideways, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45:

e transverso vacefit locus,

Lucr. 6, 1018:

paeninsula ad formam gladii in transversum porrecta,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83:

in transversum positae (arbores),

id. 16, 42, 81, § 222:

aratione per transversum iteratā,

id. 18, 20, 49, § 180; so id. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. saepe traversa):

collectus pluvialis aquae transversum secans,

intersecting diagonally, Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.; cf. poet. in plur.:

(venti) mutati transversa fremunt,

at right angles to their former direction, Verg. A. 5, 19; so id. E. 3, 8; Val. Fl. 2, 154; Stat. Th. 1, 348.—

Trop.:

transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae,

crossed, thwarted, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: cum coepit transversos agere felicitas, i. e. to lead aside or astray, Sen. Ep. 8, 3:

transversum judicem ferre,

Quint. 10, 1, 110; Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67; 28, 1, 1, § 1. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, n., only with prepp. adv.:

ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat,

i. e. contrary to expectation, unexpectedly, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5:

ecce tibi iste de transverso, Heus, inquit, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14;

for which: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit,

Petr. 55:

haec calamitas ex transverso accidit,

Scrib. Comp. 231.—Hence, advv.

transversē ( - vorsē), crosswise, transversely, obliquely:

transverse describantur horae in columellā,

Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—

transversim, transversely, crosswise:

obliquatis manibus,

Tert. Bapt. 8.

trans-verto, ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).

Lit.:

ut quae defensio fuerat, eadem in accusationem transverteretur,

should be turned, converted, App. Mag. p. 325, 33: eorum consilia hac atque illac variā cogitatione, to turn over, Firm. Math. 6, 15.—

Transf., to turn away, avert:

inimica,

Arn. 7, 219:

fortes meos,

Tert. Praescr. 37. — Hence, transversus ( - vorsus) or trāver-sus, a, um, P. a., turned across; hence, going or lying across, athwart, crosswise; cross-, transverse, traverse (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

viae,

cross-streets, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:

tramites,

Liv. 2, 39, 3:

limites,

id. 22, 12, 2:

fossa,

Caes. B. G. 2, 8:

fossas viis praeducit,

id. B. C. 1, 27:

vallum,

id. ib. 3, 63:

tigna,

id. ib. 2, 9:

transversosque volare per imbres fulmina cernis,

Lucr. 2, 213; cf.:

nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,

id. 6, 190:

Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro,

across the forum, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: taleae ne plus quattuor digitos transversos emineant, four fingers across, four finger-breadths, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126; cf.

prov.: si hercle tu ex isto loco Digitum transversum aut unguem latum excesseris,

a fingerbreadth, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18; so,

digitus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58 (v. digitus);

for which, also: discedere a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem,

id. Att. 13, 20, 4:

(versibus) incomptis allinet atrum Transverso calamo signum,

Hor. A. P. 447:

ut transversus mons sulcetur,

Col. 2, 4, 10: plurimum refert, concava sint (specula), an elata;

transversa, an obliqua,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, a cross direction or position, only with prepp. adv., crosswise, transversely, etc.:

non prorsus, verum ex transverso cedit, quasi cancer solet,

obliquely, sideways, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45:

e transverso vacefit locus,

Lucr. 6, 1018:

paeninsula ad formam gladii in transversum porrecta,

Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83:

in transversum positae (arbores),

id. 16, 42, 81, § 222:

aratione per transversum iteratā,

id. 18, 20, 49, § 180; so id. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. saepe traversa):

collectus pluvialis aquae transversum secans,

intersecting diagonally, Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.; cf. poet. in plur.:

(venti) mutati transversa fremunt,

at right angles to their former direction, Verg. A. 5, 19; so id. E. 3, 8; Val. Fl. 2, 154; Stat. Th. 1, 348.—

Trop.:

transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae,

crossed, thwarted, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: cum coepit transversos agere felicitas, i. e. to lead aside or astray, Sen. Ep. 8, 3:

transversum judicem ferre,

Quint. 10, 1, 110; Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67; 28, 1, 1, § 1. —

Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, n., only with prepp. adv.:

ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat,

i. e. contrary to expectation, unexpectedly, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5:

ecce tibi iste de transverso, Heus, inquit, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14;

for which: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit,

Petr. 55:

haec calamitas ex transverso accidit,

Scrib. Comp. 231.—Hence, advv.

transversē ( - vorsē), crosswise, transversely, obliquely:

transverse describantur horae in columellā,

Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—

transversim, transversely, crosswise:

obliquatis manibus,

Tert. Bapt. 8.

oblīquus ( oblīcus, v. Orthogr. Vergl. p. 449 Wagner), a, um, adj. [ob and liquus; root lek-; Gr. lechrios, lechris, slantwise (cf.: loxos, Loxias); Lat. licinus, limus, luxus, luxare], sidelong, slanting, awry, oblique (freq. and class.; cf.: transversus, imus).

Lit.:

motus corporis, pronus, obliquus, supinus,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

hos partim obliquos, partim aversos, partim etiam adversos stare vobis,

on one side of you, sideways, id. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

obliquo claudicare pede,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20:

sublicae,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

ordines,

id. ib. 7, 73:

iter,

id. B. C. 1, 70:

obliquam facere imaginem,

a side-likeness, profile, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 90:

chordae,

i. e. of the triangular harp, Juv. 3, 64:

verris obliquum meditantis ictum Sanguine donare,

Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:

obliquo dente timendus aper,

Ov. H. 4, 104:

rex aquarum cursibus obliquis fluens,

id. M. 9, 18:

radix,

id. ib. 10, 491:

obliquo capite speculari,

Plin. 8, 24, 36, § 88:

non istic obliquo oculo mea commoda quisquam Limat,

with a sidelong glance, an envious look, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 37:

non obliquis oculis sed circumacto capite cernere,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151:

obliquoque notat Proserpina vultu,

Stat. S. 2, 6, 102.— Adverbial phrases: ab obliquo, ex obliquo, per obliquum, in obliquum, obliquum, from the side, sideways, not straight on:

ab obliquo,

Ov. R. Am. 121:

nec supra ipsum nec infra, sed ex obliquo,

Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99:

serpens per obliquum similis sagittae Terruit mannos,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 6:

cancri in obliquom aspiciunt,

Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 152: obliquum, obliquely, askance:

oculis obliquum respiciens,

App. M. 3, p. 140.— Comp.:

quia positio signiferi circa media sui obliquior est,

Plin. 2, 77, 79, § 188.—

Fig.

Of relationship, not direct, collateral ( poet. and late Lat.):

obliquum a patre genus,

i. e. not born of the same mother with myself, Stat. Th. 5, 221:

obliquo maculat qui sanguine regnum,

by collateral consanguinity, Luc. 8, 286; cf.:

tertio gradu veniunt... ex obliquo fratris sororisque filius,

Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 3.—

Of speech.

Indirect, covert:

obliquis orationibus carpere aliquem,

Suet. Dom. 2:

insectatio,

Tac. A. 14, 11:

dicta,

Aur. Vict. Epit. 9:

verba,

Amm. 15, 5, 4.—

In a bad sense, envious, hostile (post-class.):

Cato adversus potentes semper obliquus,

Flor. 4, 2, 9.—

In gram.

Obliquus casus, an oblique case (i. e. all the cases except the nom. and voc.), opp. rectus:

alia casus habent et rectos et obliquos,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 49 Müll.—

Obliqua oratio, indirect speech: apud historicos reperiuntur obliquae allocutiones, ut in T. Livii primo statim libro (c. 9): urbes quoque, ut cetera, ex infimo nasci;

deinde, etc.,

Quint. 9, 2, 37:

oratio,

Just. 38, 3, 11.— Hence, adv.: oblīquē, sideways, athwart, obliquely.

Lit. (class.):

quae (atomi) recte, quae oblique ferantur,

Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20:

sublicae oblique agebantur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9: procedere. Plin. 9, 30, 50, § 95:

situs signifer,

id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—

Trop., indirectly, covertly (post-Aug.):

aliquem castigare,

Tac. A. 3, 35:

perstringere aliquem,

id. ib. 5, 2:

admonere,

Gell. 3, 2, 16:

agere,

id. 7, 17, 4.