a ford

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vădum, i, n. ( masc. collat form, vă-dus, i, Varr. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 111; Sall. H. 1, 68 Dietsch) [cf. the root BA, bainô, whence, also, vado; hence, that through which one can go], a shallow place in water, a shallow, shoal, ford.

Lit.

Sing.:

Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 6; 5, 58; 7, 55:

vadum in flumine efficere,

id. B. C. 1, 61:

vadum fluminis temptare, si transire possent,

id. ib. 1, 83:

exercitum vado transducere,

id. ib. 3, 37:

vado flumen penetrare,

Tac. A. 2, 68:

vado superari amnis non poterat,

Liv. 38, 13, 9; 38, 18, 7:

piscis qui vivit in vado,

Cels. 2, 18:

amnis incerto vado,

Tac. A. 12, 33.—

Piur., so esp. of a shallow place where a river is crossed, a ford:

ibi vadis repertis partem suarum copiarum transducere conati sunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9; 1, 8; 3, 13; Liv. 26, 45, 8; 31, 1, 5; Tac. A. 2, 23; id. H. 4, 27; Lucr. 1, 200; Ov. M. 1, 370; 3, 19.—Also of shallows, as dangerous in navigation: mystica ad dextram vada Praetervecti, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 19 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 687 Rib.):

brevia,

Verg. A. 5, 221:

caeca,

id. ib. 1, 536:

dura saxis Lilybeia caecis,

id. ib. 3, 706; cf.:

Nessus, scitus vadorum,

Ov. M. 9, 108.—

Transf.

A body of water, a sea, stream, etc. ( poet.):

longā sulcant vada salsa carinā,

Verg. A. 5, 158; 7, 198; Cat. 64, 58:

si tamen Non tangenda rates transiliunt vada,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 24; Ov. P. 4, 9, 2; Sen. Hippol. 181 al.—

The bottom of a body of water, the depths ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

saxa Vadis levata,

Hor. Epod. 16, 26; Plin. 3, praef. §

4: ostrea capta solido vado,

id. 32, 6, 21, § 59:

sedit limoso pressa carina vado,

Ov. F. 4, 300.—

The bottom of a well, Phaedr. 4, 9, 12; Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39.—

Trop.

Of shallow water, as a place of safety to the swimmer:

haec propemodum jam esse in vado salutis res videtur,

i. e. in safety, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 73:

at in vado'st: jam facile enabit,

id. Rud. 1, 2, 81:

omnis res est jam in vado,

Ter. And. 5, 2, 4.—

Of shallows, as dangerous to the mariner:

emersisse jam e vadis et scopulos praetervecta videtur oratio mea,

Cic. Cael. 21, 51: cera vadum tentet, rasis infusa tabellis, explore the way, i. e. make a first attempt, Ov. A. A. 1, 437.

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Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

Bospŏrus and Bosphŏrus (in MSS. sometimes Bosfŏrus), i, m. ( fem., Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 26; Prop. 3, 11, 68; v. infra), = Bosporos and Bosphoros (i. e. the heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer), the name of several straits, and particularly,

Thracius, Gr. Bosporos Thrakios, between Thrace and Asia Minor, now the Strait or Channel of Constantinople, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 8; Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 2, 2 and 6; 1, 19, 5 and 12; 2, 2, 6; 2, 7, 3; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.; 5, 32, 43, § 149 sq.; Hor. C. 2, 13, 14; 2, 20, 14; 3, 4, 30; Val. Fl. 4, 345.—

Cimmerius, the Cimmerian Bosporus, leading from the Black Sea to the Azof, now the Strait of Kertsch or Jenikaleh, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 19, 15; 1, 19, 17; 1, 19, 18; 2, 1, 2 and 3; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76 sq.— Voc. Bospore, fem., of the land adjoining the Bosporus, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 68.—

Derivv.

Bospŏrĭus ( Bospŏrĕus, Sid. Carm. 2, 55), a, um, adj., = Bosporios, of the Bosporus:

mare,

Ov. Tr. 2, 298 Jahn. —

Bospŏrĭcus, a, um, the same:

mare,

Gell. 17, 8, 16.—

Bospŏrānus ( Bosph-, Bosf-), i, m., = Bosporanos, a dweller on or near the Bosporus Cimmerius, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Tac. A. 12, 15, 16. —Hence, adj.:

bellum,

Tac. A. 12, 15, 63.

porta, ae (portabus for portis, Cn. Gell. ap. Charis. p. 40 P.), f. [from root par-, to pierce, pass through; Gr. peraô, peirô, poros, ford; Lat.: peritus, ex-perior, and v. periculum], a city-gate, a gate.

Lit.:

hic (miles) portas frangit, at ille (amans) fores,

Ov. Am. 1, 9, 20:

rectā portā invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom et vetus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 60; id. Ps. 2, 2, 3:

si Hannibal ad portas venisset,

Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:

pedem portā efferre,

id. Att. 8, 2, 4; 7, 2, 6; Verg. A. 4, 130:

ad portam praesto esse,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55:

portā introire,

id. ib. 23, 55:

egressus portā Capenā,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

extra portam Collinam,

id. Leg. 2, 23, 58:

porta Carmentalis,

Liv. 2, 49, 8:

pars egressa portis erat,

id. 3, 60, 9; 23, 46, 10:

omnibus portis effundi,

id. 24, 1, 3:

portā Capenā Romam ingressus,

id. 26, 10, 1; 33, 26, 9:

signa portis efferre,

id. 27, 2, 5:

portis ruere,

id. 27, 41, 8:

eādem portā signa infesta urbi inferre,

id. 28, 3, 13:

patefactā portā Romani erumpunt,

id. 28, 36, 8:

subito omnibus portis eruptione factā,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6; 19; 5, 51:

omnibus portis prorumpunt,

Tac. H. 4, 20; 34:

portarum claustra,

Verg. A. 7, 185:

limina portarum,

id. ib. 2, 803:

portas obice firmā claudere,

Ov. M. 14, 780:

portas reserare hosti,

id. A. A. 3, 577:

portā triumphali ducere funus,

Tac. A. 3, 47:

sanctae quoque res, veluti muri et portae, quodammodo divini juris sunt,

Gai. Inst. 2, 8:

vidi Portas (Carthaginis) non clausas, a proof that the people were fearless,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 23.—Connected with urbis:

qui urbis portas occuparent,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 15:

bellum a portis hujus urbis avolsum,

id. Rep. 1, 1, 1.—With per (rare except in Livy):

per unam portam praesidium Romanum irrumpit,

Liv. 9, 24, 12:

paulo ante lucem per effractam portam urbem ingreditur,

id. 24, 46, 7:

per aversam portam silentio excedere,

id. 10, 34, 4; 4, 46, 6; 23, 47, 8:

elapsus per eam portam quae... ad Darii castra pervenit,

Curt. 4, 10, 25; Vulg. Gen. 34, 20:

in fastigio portae,

id. 2 Reg. 18, 24.—Prov.: porta itineri longissima, the way to the gate is the longest (sc. in making a journey), i. e. it is the first step that costs, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 2.—

Transf., in gen., like our gate, of an avenue, entrance, passage, outlet, door of any kind (syn.: fores, janua, ostium). —Of the gates of a camp:

ab decumanā portā castra munita,

Caes. B. G. 3, 25; so,

principalis,

Liv. 40, 27:

quaestoria,

id. ib.:

villarum,

Plin. 28, 10, 44, § 157: venti, velut agmine facto, Quā data porta, ruunt, [p. 1401] Verg. A. 1, 82.—Of a cage:

ex portā ludis emitti, said of hares,

Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 30: porta tonat caeli, Enn. ap. Vet. Gram. ap. Col. (Ann. v. 597 Vahl.); Verg. G. 3, 261:

somni,

id. A. 6, 893; cf.

eburna,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 41:

ubi portitor aera recepit, Obserat umbrosos lurida porta rogos,

the portal of the infernal regions, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 8: belli portae, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 622; Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.):

mortis,

Vulg. Psa. 9, 15:

inferi,

id. Isa. 38, 10:

portae, quae alibi Armeniae, alibi Caspiae, alibi Ciliciae vocantur,

passes, gorges, defiles, Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99; Nep. Dat. 7, 3; Val. Fl. 3, 496:

solis,

the signs of Cancer and Aries in the zodiac, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12, and S. 1, 17: jecoris, a part of the liver (so too in Gr. pulê), Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 137:

fluviorum,

Vulg. Nahum, 2, 6.—Of the fundament, Cat. 15, 17.—

Trop.

Et quibus e portis occurri cuique deceret, by what way, by what means, Lucr. 6, 32.—

As the symbol of strength:

portae inferi,

the powers of hell, Vulg. Matt. 16, 18.

trans-ĕo, īvi or ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. -ivit, Sen. Ben. 1, 13, 3; fut. -iet, Tib. 1, 4, 27; Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 4; Lact. 4, 18, 3), v. n. and a., to go over or across, to cross over, pass over, pass by, pass (syn. transgredior).

Lit.

In gen.

Neutr.:

ego ad vos eum jussero transire,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51:

per hortum ad amicam,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 36:

ad uxorem,

id. Caecin. 3, 4, 24; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 7: ad te, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 1:

ad forum,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 28:

ne Germani e suis finibus in Helvetiorum fines transirent,

Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

in agrum Noricum,

id. ib. 1, 5:

in Britanniam,

id. ib. 4, 30:

per eorum corpora transire conantes repulerunt,

id. ib. 2, 10:

per media castra,

Sall. J. 107, 5:

per illud (iter, i. e. vocis) Murmure blanditiae minimo transire solebant,

Ov. M. 4, 70: obsides ut inter sese dent, perficit;

Helvetii, ut sine maleficio et injuriā transeant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 9; Liv. 10, 46, 3:

Mosa in Rhenum transit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

caseum per cribrum facito transeat in mortarium,

Cato, R. R. 76, 3:

odor foliorum transit in vestes,

Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15:

ficus ad nos ex aliis transire gentibus,

id. 15, 18, 19, § 69. —

Act.:

campos pedibus transire videmur,

Lucr. 4, 459:

Taurum,

Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

Taurus transiri non potest,

id. Att. 5, 21, 14:

Apenninum,

id. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Liv. 5, 33, 2; 5, 33, 4 sq.; 21, 38, 6; 26, 12, 14;

21, 58, 3: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

flumen,

id. ib. 1, 12;

1, 13: Euphratem,

Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

maria,

id. Or. 42, 146; id. Pis. 24, 57; Hor. A. P. 345:

paludem,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10:

forum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 59:

equum cursu,

to pass by, Verg. A. 11, 719:

omnes mensas transiit,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4:

quem (serpentem) rota transiit,

ran over, Verg. A. 5, 274:

anulis medios articulos (digitorum) non transeuntibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 142:

Domitii filius transiit Formias,

passed through Formiæ, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1.—In pass.:

Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,

is crossed by a ford, is fordable, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; cf.:

flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transiri potest,

id. ib. 5, 18; 2, 10; 7, 55; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Liv. 21, 43, 4; Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 89:

totus transibitur orbis,

Manil. 4, 398.—

In partic.

To go over to a party or side (cf. transfugio):

ne deserat me atque ad hostes transeat,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 10:

ad adversarios transeas?

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40:

ad Pompeium transierunt,

Caes. B. C. 3, 60:

transit cohors ad eum,

id. ib. 1, 60:

a Patribus ad plebem,

Liv. 4, 16, 3:

cum iis pugnare ad quos transierant,

Nep. Dat. 6, 6:

ad Q. Sextii philosophi sectam,

Suet. Gram. 18. — Absol.:

nec manere nec transire aperte ausus,

Liv. 1, 27, 5:

ut nulla ante Britanniae nova pars illacessita transierit,

Tac. Agr. 20.—

To go or pass over into any thing by transformation, to be changed or transformed into a thing ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

ille in humum saxumque undamque trabemque fallaciter transit,

Ov. M. 11, 643:

in plures figuras,

id. ib. 8, 730:

humana in corpora,

id. ib. 15, 167:

in aestatem post ver,

id. ib. 15, 206:

aqua mulsa longā vetustate transit in vinum,

Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; 9, 41, 65, § 139; 25, 9, 57, § 103; 37, 6, 23, § 87.—

Of food. to pass through, pass off:

cibi qui difficillime transeant sumpti,

Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; so,

cibi,

Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202:

vinum tenue per urinam,

id. 23, 1, 22, § 39.—

To pierce, transfix (very rare):

ilia cornipedis surrectā cuspide transit,

Sil. 10, 253.—

Trop.

In gen.

Neutr. (very rare):

quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea permanet et transeat,

runs through, pervades, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

utinam ista saevitia inter peregrina exempla mansisset, nec in Romanos mores transisset,

Sen. Ira, 3, 18, 1.— Impers. pass.:

cujus (ordinis) similitudine perspectā in formarum specie ac dignitate transitum est et ad honestatem dictorum atque factorum,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47.— More freq.,

Act.:

ii sine dubio finem et modum transeunt,

go beyond, overstep, transgress, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; so,

modum,

id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

finem aequitatis et legis in judicando,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220:

fines verecundiae,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

aliquid silentio,

to pass over, pass by, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23;

nil transit amantes,

i. e. escapes, Stat. Th. 2, 335; so, ita compositi sumus ut nos cottidiana, etiamsi admiratione digna sunt, transeant, Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 1.—

In partic.

To go or pass over to another opinion:

in sententiam alicujus,

Liv. 34, 34, 1:

senatus frequens in alia omnia transiit,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 53: transierunt illuc, ut ratio esset ejus habenda, qui neque exercitum neque provincias traderet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 2.—

To pass over, be changed into any thing:

quomodo quire et ruere vel in praeterita patiendi modo, vel in participia transibunt?

Quint. 1, 6, 26:

in eam (vocalem sequentem) transire possit (M),

id. 9, 4, 40; 1, 4, 29:

frequens imitatio transit in mores,

id. 1, 11, 3:

jactantur cuncta et in contrarium transeunt jubente fortunā,

Sen. Ep. 99, 9:

in vinum transire,

Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; Sen. Ep. 114, 24; 84, 6; 85, 15.—

To overpass, surpass, excel:

qui hoc agit, ut prior sit, forsitan, etiamsi non transierit, aequabit,

Quint. 10, 2, 10:

verum ut transeundi spes non sit, magna tamen est dignitas subsequendi,

id. 12, 11, 28:

Pompeium transire paras,

Luc. 2, 565:

monumenta transibit nostra juventus,

id. 4, 499.—

In speaking.

To pass over to another subject:

ad partitionem transeamus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

ad alias (quaestiones),

Quint. 7, 1, 18:

hinc ad rationem sermonis conjuncti,

id. 8, 3, 40:

protinus ad dispositionem,

id. 6, 5, 1:

ad responsum partis alterius,

id. 7, 1, 6:

ad rhetoris officia (proximus liber),

id. 1, 12, 19:

consumptis precibus violentam transit in iram,

Ov. M. 8, 106:

inde in syllabas cura transibit,

Quint. 1, 4, 17.— Impers. pass.:

seminarii curam ante convenit dici, quam transeatur ad alia genera,

Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 68:

transeatur ad alteram contionem,

Liv. 45, 37, 11. —

To go quickly or briefly through a subject (syn. transcurro):

sed in animo est leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem,

to touch lightly upon, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

sperare et ea quae premant et ea quae inpendeant me facile transiturum,

id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

eos (libros) omnes duabus proximis noctibus cursim transeo,

Gell. 9, 4, 5:

brevi auditu quamvis magna transibat,

Tac. H. 2, 59.—

To pass over, pass by, leave untouched (so freq. first in post-Aug. prose;

syn. praetermitto): malueram, quod erat susceptum ab illis, silentio transiri,

Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: ex quo tu quae digna sunt, selige, multa transi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4:

ut alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant: sic ego nihil praetereo, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4:

Neronem enim transeo,

id. ib. 5, 3, 6; so,

Protagoran transeo,

Quint. 3, 4, 10; cf. id. 10, 1, 57; 12, 1, 22; 12, 10, 22:

sed hoc transeo,

id. 12, 2, 4:

ut ne id quidem transeam,

id. 11, 3, 131:

transeamus id quoque, quod, etc.,

id. 1, 10, 17:

ut transeam, quemadmodum vulgo imperiti loquantur,

id. 1, 6, 45:

lacrimas alicujus,

Stat. S. 5 praef. —In pass.:

nec a nobis neglegenter locus iste transibitur,

Quint. 2, 4, 17:

illa quoque minora non sunt transeunda,

id. 10, 3, 31; 10, 2, 3:

levia haec et transeunda,

Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5:

transita signa,

Manil. 2, 486.—

Of time, to pass by, elapse.

Neutr.:

cum legis dies transierit,

Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6:

dies hibernorum complures,

Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

multi jam menses,

id. B. C. 3, 25:

quinquennium,

Dig. 7, 1, 37: tran et aetas;

Quam cito!

Tib. 1, 4, 27:

menses transeunt,

Phaedr. 5, 7, 11. —

Act., to pass, spend:

ne vitam silentio transeant,

pass through, spend, Sall. C. 1, 1; so,

vitam,

id. ib. 2, 8 Kritz N. cr.:

ipsum tribunatūs annum quiete et otio,

Tac. Agr. 6 fin.:

hiemem (securi),

Sen. Ep. 90, 15:

spatium juventae,

to pass beyond, Ov. M. 15, 226.—

To pass away, cease:

precarium seni imperium et brevi transiturum,

Tac. H. 1, 52 fin.:

fortuna imperii transit,

id. ib. 3, 49:

mutatam auctoritatem (unguenti) et saepius transisse gloriam,

Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

quidquid irarum fuit, transierit,

Sen. Thyest. 398:

caelum et terra,

Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; id. 2 Pet. 3, 10; id. 1 Joan. 2, 17.—Hence, transĕunter, adv. (acc. to transeo, II. B. 4. b.), in passing, cursorily (late Lat.):

commemorata quaestio, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 23: discussā indiciorum fide,

Amm. 28, 1, 14.

vādo (vāsi, Tert. Pall. 3), 3, v. n. [cf. Sanscr. root gā-, go; Gr. BA, ainô], to go, walk; esp. to go hastily or rapidly, to rush (syn. incedo).

Lit. (rare but class.): vadunt solidā vi, Enn. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 277 Vahl.): ingenti cursu, id. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll. (Ann. v. 470 Vahl.):

cum feras bestias videamus alacres et erectas vadere, ut alteri bestiae noceant,

Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

vadit fremit refringit virgulta pede vago,

Cat. 63, 86:

vadimus inmixti Danais,

Verg. A. 2 396:

ad eum (Pompeium) postridie mane vadebam,

Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2:

ad amnem,

Ov. M. 11, 137:

inde in primum aditum pontis, Liv 2, 10, 5: in hostem,

to stride on, advance, id. 7, 24, 6:

haud dubi am in mortem,

Verg. A. 2, 359:

per hostes,

Tac. H. 3, 41:

cras mane vadit,

Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:

vadite, et haec memores regi mandata referte,

Verg. A. 11, 176; 4, 223; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19.—

Of inanimate things:

Euphrates in Mesopotamiam vadit per ipsam Seleuciam,

Plin. 5, 26, 21, § 90:

circulus per medios Parthos,

id. 6, 34, 39, § 213. —

Trop.:

ardua per praeceps gloria vadit iter,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 74:

vadit animus in praeceps sciens, etc.,

Sen. Hippol. 180:

eruditi et rude vulgus in eam (sententiam) cursu vadit,

Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 23; App. M. 2, p. 117, 27.

vădo, āre, v. a. [vadum], to wade through, ford:

flumina, quae sine pontibus vadari nequeunt,

Veg. Mil. 2, 25:

quia neque navium copia pro tempore erat, neque vadari fluvius poterat,

Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 22, 3.