trans.

• They change the sky, not their soul, who run across the sea. (Horace)

trans-fĕro, tŭli, lātum (also written trālātum), ferre, v. a., to bear across; to carry or bring over; to convey over, transport, transfer (syn.: traduco, traicio).

Lit.

In gen.:

cadum modo hinc a me huc cum vino transferam,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 1, 7:

hoc (simulacrum Dianae) translatum Carthaginem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

mustela catulos suos cottidie transfert mutatque sedem,

Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 59:

Caesar paulo ultra eum locum castra transtulit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 66:

castra trans Peneum,

Liv. 42, 60, 3:

castra Baetim, Auct. B. Alex. 60, 5: signa ex statione,

Caes. B. C. 1, 60:

signa,

id. ib. 1, 74:

ad se ornamenta ex his (hortis),

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 30:

copias in Boeotiam,

Just. 2, 14, 3.—

Of personal objects: illinc huc transferetur virgo,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 13:

Naevius trans Alpes usque transfertur,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; cf.:

ex hoc hominum numero in impiorum partem atque in parricidarum coetum ac numerum transferetis?

id. Sull. 28, 77:

o Venus... vocantis Ture te multo Glycerae decoram Transfer in aedem,

transport thyself, Hor. C. 1, 30, 4.—

In partic.

Botanical t. t., of plants, to transplant; to transfer by grafting (syn. transero):

semina, quae transferuntur e terrā in terram,

Varr. R. R. 1, 39, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 40, 4; Col. Arb. 1, 5; 20, 2:

videndum quā ex arbore in quam transferatur,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; 1, 41, 1:

omnia translata meliora grandioraque fiunt,

Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 183.—

To transfer by writing from one book into another; to copy, transcribe (syn. transcribo):

litterae... de tabulis in libros transferuntur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189; so,

rationes in tabulas,

id. Rosc. Com. 3, 8:

de tuo edicto in meum totidem verbis,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 4:

versus translati,

Suet. Ner. 52.—

To carry along, carry in public, bear in triumph (rare):

triduum triumphavit. Die primo arma tela signaque aerea et marmorea transtulit,

Liv. 34, 52, 4:

in eo triumpho XLIX. coronae aureae translatae sunt,

id. 37, 58, 4:

tantundem auri atque argenti in eo triumpho translatum,

id. 39, 42, 4:

transtulit in triumpho multa militaria signa spoliaque alia,

id. 45, 43, 4:

cum in triumpho Caesaris eborea oppida essent translata,

Quint. 6, 3, 61.—

Trop.

In gen., to convey, direct, transport, transfer:

in Celtiberiam bellum transferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

cum videat omne ad se bellum translatum,

id. B. G. 7, 8; Liv. 3, 68, 13:

concilium Lutetiam,

Caes. B. G. 6, 3:

disciplina in Britannia reperta atque inde in Galliam translata esse existimatur,

id. ib. 6, 13:

sed, si placet, sermonem alio transferamus,

turn, direct, Cic. de Or. 1, 29, 133:

translatos alio maerebis amores,

Hor. Epod. 15, 23:

amorem huc,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94:

amorem In mares,

Ov. M. 10, 84:

similitudinem ab oculis ad animum,

Cic. Off. 1, 4, 14:

animum ad accusandum,

id. Mur. 22, 46:

quod ab Ennio positum in unā re transferri in multas potest,

id. Off. 1, 16, 51:

definitionem in aliam rem,

id. Ac. 2, 14, 43:

hoc idem transfero in magistratus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 126:

nihil est enim, quod de suo genere in aliud genus transferri possit,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 50:

culpam in alios,

id. Font. 4, 8; id. Att. 15, 28:

transferendi in nos criminis causa,

id. Sest. 38, 82:

suscepere duo manipulares imperium populi Romani transferendum et transtulerunt,

Tac. H. 1, 25: invidiam criminis, i. e. to avert from one ' s self, id. A. 2, 66:

ut quisque obvius, quamvis leviter audita in alios transferunt,

id. ib. 2, 82:

in jus Latii nationes Alpium,

id. ib. 15, 32:

ad se Lacedaemonii arma,

Just. 5, 1, 8; 38, 1, 8.—With se, to turn one ' s attention, devote one ' s self:

se ad artes componendas,

Cic. Brut. 12, 48:

se ad album et rubricas,

Quint. 12, 3, 11:

se ad genus dicendi,

Tac. Or. 19.—In eccl. Lat., to remove from the world without death:

translatus in paradisum,

Vulg. Ecclus. 44, 16; id. Heb. 11, 5.—

In partic.

To put off, postpone, defer, in respect of time (syn.: differo, prolato): causa haec integra in proximum annum transferetur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 2:

subito reliquit annum suum seseque in proximum annum transtulit,

i. e. postponed his suit, Cic. Mil. 9, 24.—

Of speaking or writing.

To [p. 1890] translate into another language (cf.:

verto, reddo, interpretor, exprimo): istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3; cf.:

si ad eorum cognitionem divina illa ingenia transferrem... locos quidem quosdam transferam, et maxime ab iis quos modo nominavi,

id. Fin. 1, 3, 7:

analogia, quam proxime ex Graeco transferentes in Latinum proportionem vocaverunt,

Quint. 1, 6, 3:

qui haec ex Graeco transtulerunt,

id. 2, 15, 21:

volumina in linguam Latinam,

Plin. 18, 3, 5, § 22:

quod Cicero his verbis transfert, etc.,

Quint. 5, 11, 27: kat antilêpsin Latine ad verbum translatum non invenio, id. 7, 4, 4; 7, 4, 7:

simul quae legentem fefellissent, transferentem fugere non possunt,

Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 2.—

To transfer to a secondary or figurative signification, to use figuratively or tropically:

utemur verbis aut iis, quae propria sunt... aut iis, quae transferuntur et quasi alieno in loco collocantur,

Cic. de Or. 3, 37, 149; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 5 sq.; 9, 1, 4:

cum verbum aliquod altius transfertur,

Cic. Or. 25, 82:

translata verba atque immutata. Translata dico, ut saepe jam, quae per similitudinem ab aliā re aut suavitatis aut inopiae causā transferuntur,

id. ib. 27, 92:

intexunt fabulas, verba apertius transferunt,

id. ib. 19, 65.—

Rhet. t. t.:

translatum exordium est, quod aliud conficit, quam causae genus postulat,

Cic. Inv. 1, 18, 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 71.—

To apply, make use of (for a new purpose, etc.):

hoc animi vitium ad utilitatem non transferemus,

Quint. 6, 2, 30; cf.:

inde stellionum nomine in male translato,

Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 89 Jan. (al. in maledictum; cf. 2. b. supra).—

To change, transform:

omnia In species translata novas,

Ov. M. 15, 420:

civitas verterat se transtuleratque,

Tac. H. 4, 11; cf.:

cum ebur et robur in o litteram secundae syllabae transferunt,

Quint. 1, 6, 22.

trans-mitto or trāmitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.

To send, carry, or convey across, over, or through; to send off, despatch, transmit from one place or person to another (syn.: transfero, traicio, traduco).

Lit.:

mihi illam ut tramittas: argentum accipias,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 27:

illam sibi,

id. ib. 1, 2, 52:

exercitus equitatusque celeriter transmittitur (i. e. trans flumen),

are conveyed across, Caes. B. G. 7, 61:

legiones,

Vell. 2, 51, 1:

cohortem Usipiorum in Britanniam,

Tac. Agr. 28:

classem in Euboeam ad urbem Oreum,

Liv. 28, 5, 18:

magnam classem in Siciliam,

id. 28, 41, 17:

unde auxilia in Italiam transmissurus erat,

id. 23, 32, 5; 27, 15, 7: transmissum per viam tigillum, thrown over or across, id. 1, 26, 10:

ponte transmisso,

Suet. Calig. 22 fin.: in partem campi pecora et armenta, Tac. A. 13, 55:

materiam in formas,

Col. 7, 8, 6.—

To cause to pass through:

per corium, per viscera Perque os elephanto bracchium transmitteres,

you would have thrust through, penetrated, Plaut. Mil. 1, 30; so,

ensem per latus,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1165:

facem telo per pectus,

id. Thyest. 1089:

per medium amnem transmittit equum,

rides, Liv. 8, 24, 13:

(Gallorum reguli) exercitum per fines suos transmiserunt,

suffered to pass through, id. 21, 24, 5:

abies folio pinnato densa, ut imbres non transmittat,

Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48:

Favonios,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 19; Tac. A. 13, 15:

ut vehem faeni large onustam transmitteret,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108.—

Trop.

To carry over, transfer, etc.:

bellum in Italiam,

Liv. 21, 20, 4; so,

bellum,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

vitia cum opibus suis Romam (Asia),

Just. 36, 4, 12: vim in aliquem, to send against, i. e. employ against, Tac. A. 2, 38.—

To hand over, transmit, commit:

et quisquam dubitabit, quin huic hoc tantum bellum transmittendum sit, qui, etc.,

should be intrusted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

alicui signa et summam belli,

Sil. 7, 383:

hereditas transmittenda alicui,

to be made over, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7; and with inf.:

et longo transmisit habere nepoti,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 78 (analog. to dat habere, Verg. A. 9, 362;

and, donat habere,

id. ib. 5, 262);

for which: me famulo famulamque Heleno transmisit habendam,

id. ib. 3, 329:

omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi,

should be devoted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

poma intacta ore servis,

Tac. A. 4, 54.—

To let go: animo transmittente quicquid acceperat, letting pass through, i. e. forgetting, Sen. Ep. 99, 6:

mox Caesarem vergente jam senectā munia imperii facilius tramissurum,

would let go, resign, Tac. A. 4, 41:

Junium mensem transmissum,

passed over, omitted, id. ib. 16, 12 fin.:

Gangen amnem et quae ultra essent,

to leave unconquered, Curt. 9, 4, 17:

leo imbelles vitulos Transmittit,

Stat. Th. 8, 596.—

To go or pass over or across, to cross over; to cross, pass, go through, traverse, etc.

Lit.

In gen.

Act.:

grues cum maria transmittant,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

cur ipse tot maria transmisit,

id. Fin. 5, 29, 87; so,

maria,

id. Rep. 1, 3, 6:

satis constante famā jam Iberum Poenos transmisisse,

Liv. 21, 20, 9 (al. transisse):

quem (Euphratem) ponte,

Tac. A. 15, 7:

fluvium nando,

Stat. Th. 9, 239:

lacum nando,

Sil. 4, 347:

murales fossas saltu,

id. 8, 554:

equites medios tramittunt campos,

ride through, Lucr. 2, 330; cf.:

cursu campos (cervi),

run through, Verg. A. 4, 154: quantum Balearica torto Funda potest plumbo medii transmittere caeli, can send with its hurled bullet, i. e. can send its bullet, Ov. M. 4, 710:

tectum lapide vel missile,

to fling over, Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 33; cf.:

flumina disco,

Stat. Th. 6, 677.—In pass.:

duo sinus fuerunt, quos tramitti oporteret: utrumque pedibus aequis tramisimus,

Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

transmissus amnis,

Tac. A. 12, 13:

flumen ponte transmittitur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5.—

Neutr.:

ab eo loco conscendi ut transmitterem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi summā hieme transmiserint,

id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

cum a Leucopetrā profectus (inde enim tramittebam) stadia circiter CCC. processissem, etc.,

id. Att. 16, 7, 1; 8, 13, 1; 8, 11, 5:

ex Corsicā subactā Cicereius in Sardiniam transmisit,

Liv. 42, 7, 2; 32, 9, 6:

ab Lilybaeo Uticam,

id. 25, 31, 12:

ad vastandam Italiae oram,

id. 21, 51, 4; 23, 38, 11; 24, 36, 7:

centum onerariae naves in Africam transmiserunt,

id. 30, 24, 5; Suet. Caes. 58:

Cyprum transmisit,

Curt. 4, 1, 27. — Pass. impers.:

in Ebusum insulam transmissum est,

Liv. 22, 20, 7.—

In partic., to go over, desert to a party:

Domitius transmisit ad Caesa rem,

Vell. 2, 84 fin. (syn. transfugio).—

Trop. (post-Aug.).

In gen., to pass over, leave untouched or disregarded (syn praetermitto):

haud fas, Bacche, tuos taci tum tramittere honores,

Sil. 7, 162; cf.:

sententiam silentio, deinde oblivio,

Tac. H. 4, 9 fin.:

nihil silentio,

id. ib. 1, 13;

4, 31: aliquid dissimulatione,

id. A. 13, 39:

quae ipse pateretur,

Suet. Calig. 10; id. Vesp. 15. —

In partic., of time, to pass, spend (syn. ago):

tempus quiete,

Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 1: so,

vitam per obscurum,

Sen. Ep. 19, 2: [p. 1893] steriles annos, Stat. S. 4, 2, 12:

aevum,

id. ib. 1, 4, 124:

quattuor menses hiemis inedia,

Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 94:

vigiles noctes,

Stat. Th. 3, 278 et saep. — Transf.:

febrium ardorem,

i. e. to undergo, endure, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 7; cf.

discrimen,

id. ib. 8, 11, 2:

secessus, voluptates, etc.,

id. ib. 6, 4, 2.

(trans.) to exceed, leave, pass beyond.

trans-lūcĭdus or trālūcĭdus, a, um, adj., clear, transparent, translucid.

Lit.:

crystallus,

Plin. 37, 9, 46, § 129:

membrana vitri modo,

id. 11, 37, 55, § 153:

color,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

candor,

id. 37, 10, 57, § 158. —

Trop.:

elocutio,

Quint. 8, praef. § 20.

trans-ăbĕo, ĭi, īre, v. a. and n. ( poet.).

Act., to go beyond, pass by:

populos atque aequora longe Transabeunt,

Val. Fl. 4, 510:

aliquem fugā,

Stat. Th. 6, 507:

difficultate,

App. M. 8, p. 208, 21. — Neutr.:

transabiit non hunc sitiens gravis hasta cruorem,

Sil. 12, 264. —

Of a weapon, to pierce through, transfix:

ensis Transabiit costas,

Verg. A. 9, 432:

costas (ensis),

Stat. Th. 2, 9:

aliquem (trabs),

id. ib. 9, 126.—

Of a person:

per medias acies infesti militis transabivi,

App. M. 7, p. 191, 11.

trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].

Lit. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

To drive through, i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio):

per pectora transigit ensem,

Sil. 13, 376:

ferrum per ambos pedes,

Sen. Oedip. 857. —

Transf., to stab, pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix, transpierce:

gladio pectus transigit,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 27:

se ipsum gladio,

Tac. A. 14, 37:

juvenem (cuspis),

Sil. 5, 473:

viscera (ensis),

Luc. 4, 545:

tempora (jaculum),

id. 9, 824:

semet ictu gladii,

Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16:

aliquem ictu,

id. ib. 39, 13.—

To carry through, to bring to an end, to finish, settle, complete, conclude, perform, accomplish, despatch, transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).

In gen.:

negotium,

Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.:

illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est,

id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:

rebus transactis,

id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55:

transactā re, convertam me domum,

Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 22:

quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus,

Curt. 8, 2, 1:

transactis jam meis partibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15:

intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet,

Ter. And. 5, 6, 17:

aliquid per aliquem,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149:

pleraque per se,

Liv. 34, 18, 3:

aliquid cum aliquo,

Sall. J. 29, 5:

prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat,

Liv. 38, 25, 4:

bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur,

i. e. by amnesty, Tac. A. 12, 19:

transigitur rixa caede,

id. G. 22:

bella,

id. H. 2, 38:

fabulam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so,

fabulam,

id. Cas. prol. 84:

comoediam,

id. Truc. prol. 11:

si transactum est,

if all is over, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—

In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement, agreement, or understanding (syn.:

decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet,

Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 61:

cum reo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

cum aliquo,

id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114:

cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140:

cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā,

id. Att. 4, 16, 14:

rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit,

id. Clu. 13, 39:

ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret,

id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol.:

cum debitore,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.—

Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of, put an end to, be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.):

optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen,

Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:

transigite cum expeditionibus,

Tac. Agr. 34:

tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat,

App. M. 8, p. 204.— Impers. pass.:

cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur,

Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—

To dispose of, sell:

ubi facultas est transigendi,

Pall. 3, 26, 2:

quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est,

id. 12, 13, 8.—

Of time, to bring to an end, to lead, pass, spend (perh. only post-Aug.;

syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum,

Tac. Agr. 18 fin.:

adulescentiam per haec fere,

Suet. Tib. 7:

maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia,

id. Claud. 10:

transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore,

id. Tib. 11:

vixdum mense transacto,

id. Vit. 8:

placidas sine suspirio noctes,

Sen. Ep. 90, 41:

noctem,

Suet. Calig. 59:

non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt,

Tac. G. 15:

sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio,

Suet. Claud. 12:

pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos,

Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med.:

diem sermonibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.—Hence, transactus, a, um, P. a., completed, settled:

exceptio transacti negotii,

Dig. 2, 15, 17.— Subst.: transactum, i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business, settlement, Dig. 2, 15, 2.