fossae+n+f

prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

retinacula classis,

Ov. M. 14, 547:

funes praerumpebantur,

were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

uncus praerumpitur,

Col. 3, 18, 2. —

Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).

Lit.:

saxa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

loca,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

id. B. C. 2, 24:

praeruptum undique oppidum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

id. ib.:

nemus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

mons,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

rupes,

Suet. Tib. 40:

fossae,

Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

praerupta collium,

Just. 41, 1, 11:

petere,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

ad praeruptum petrae,

Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

praeruptior collis,

Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—

Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).

Of persons:

juvenis animo praeruptus,

Tac. A. 16, 7.—

Of things:

praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

dominatio,

hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

seditio,

dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

fluminis,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

prae-rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3, v. a., to break or tear off before or in front (class.):

retinacula classis,

Ov. M. 14, 547:

funes praerumpebantur,

were broken off, Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

uncus praerumpitur,

Col. 3, 18, 2. —

Trop., to wrench, tear to pieces (late Lat.):

purgativa medicamina praerumpunt corpora,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 21, 128.—Hence, prae-ruptus, a, um, P. a., broken or torn off; hence, of places, steep, abrupt, rugged (syn.: abscisus, abruptus).

Lit.:

saxa,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 145:

loca,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86:

praeruptum atque asperum jugum,

id. B. C. 2, 24:

praeruptum undique oppidum,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 40:

praeruptus et difficilis descensus,

id. ib.:

nemus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 91:

mons,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

rupes,

Suet. Tib. 40:

fossae,

Tac. H. 2, 41.— Absol.: praerupta, ōrum, n., steep or rugged places:

praerupta collium,

Just. 41, 1, 11:

petere,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 156.—In sing.:

ad praeruptum petrae,

Vulg. 2 Par. 25, 12.— Comp.:

praeruptior collis,

Col. 3, 13.— Sup.:

omnes oppidi partes praeruptissimis saxis munitae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 33.—

Trop., hasty, rash, precipitate (post-Aug.).

Of persons:

juvenis animo praeruptus,

Tac. A. 16, 7.—

Of things:

praerupta audacia, tanta temeritas ut non procul abhorreat ab insaniā,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

dominatio,

hard, stern, Tac. A. 5, 3:

praeruptum atque anceps periculum,

critical, extreme, Vell. 2, 2, 3:

seditio,

dangerous, Dig. 28, 3, 6.—Hence, praerūpium, ii, n. [prae - rupes], the rocky wall, line, or wall of rocks (late Lat.):

fluminis,

App. Mag. 8, p. 278 med. (dub.; al. praeripia, q. v.); Serv. Verg. A. 6, 704; sing., Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 38.

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

quĭris or cŭris [Sabine], a spear:

sive quod hasta curis (al. quiris) est dicta Sabinis,

Ov. F. 2, 477.

Quĭrīs, ītis, and mostly plur., Quĭ-rītes, tĭum (or tum, Aus. Prof. 22, 9), m. [Cures].

Originally, the inhabitants of the Sabine town Cures, the Quirites (very rare):

prisci Quirites,

Verg. A. 7, 710 Serv.: veteres illi Sabini Quirites, Col. praef. § 19. —After the Sabines and the Romans had united in one community, under Romulus, the name of Quirites was taken in addition to that of Romani, the Romans calling themselves, in a civil capacity, Quirites, while, in a political and military capacity, they retained the name of Romani: post foedus Titi (Tatii) et Romuli placuit, ut quasi unus de duobus fieret populus. Unde et Romani Quirites dicti sunt, quod nomen Sabinorum fuerat a civitate Curibus;

et Sabini a Romulo Romani dicti sunt,

Serv. Verg. A. 7, 710; cf. Liv. 1, 13.— Joined with populus Romanus, the technical expression is usually POPVLVS ROMANVS QVIRITIVM, qs. the Roman commonwealth of Quirite citizens, the Roman nation of Quirites; but not unfreq. also in apposition: POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIBVS (like homines prisci Latini, and populus priscorum Latinorum): QVOD BONVM FORTVNATVM FELIXQVE SALVTAREQVE SIET POPVLO ROMANO QVIRITIVM, REIQVE PVBLICAE POPVLI ROMANI QVIRITIVM... OMNES QVIRITES, PEDITES ARMATOS PRIVATOSQVE VOCA INLICIVM HVC AD ME, Tab. Censor. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Müll.:

populo Romano Quiritium,

Liv. 8, 9; 41, 16:

populus Romanus Quiritium,

id. 1, 32:

populi Romani Quiritium,

id. 1, 24; 32; 10, 28; 22, 10 al.— In the other form: POPVLD ROMANO QVIRITIBVS, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. [p. 1516] Arv. tab. 24, 1, 34; cf. id. ib. 41, 2, 24; so, an ancient formula ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14, acc. to the MSS.; so,

too,

id. 10, 24, 3; Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —We rarely meet with the form populo Romano Quiritibusque, Liv. 8, 6 (al. om. que); cf.

Paul. ex Fest. s. v. dici, p. 67 Müll.: devovisse eos se pro patriā Quiritibusque Romanis,

Liv. 5, 41:

Quiritium Romanorum exercitus,

id. 26, 2:

factum hoc populi Romain Quiritibus ostentum Cimbricis bellis,

to the citizens of the Roman nation, Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—

It was a reproach for soldiers to be addressed as Quirites,

Tac. A. 1, 42; Suet. Caes. 70; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 52 sq.; Luc. 5, 358:

Quiritium fossae dicuntur, quibus Ancus Marcius circumdedit urbem, quam secundum ostium Tiberis posuit, ex quo etiam Ostiam, et quia populi opera eas faceret, appellavit Quiritium,

Fest. p. 254 Müll.: jus Quiritium, full Roman citizenship:

ago gratias, domine, quod et jus Quiritium libertis necessariae mihi feminae, et civitatem Romanam Harpocrati iatraliptae meo indulsisti,

Plin. Ep. 10, 6 (22), 1:

Latinis jus Quiritium (constituit),

Suet. Claud. 19: Latini jus Quiritium consequuntur his modis, beneficio principali, etc., Ulp. Reg. tit. 4, de Latinis.— Sing.: Quiris (also Quiritis, acc. to Prisc. p. 633 P.), a Roman citizen, a Quirite: ollus Quiris Leto datus, an ancient formula in Fest. p. 254 Müll.:

dona Quiritis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 7:

reddere jura Quiriti,

Ov. M. 14, 823:

minimum de plebe Quiritem,

id. Am. 1, 7, 29; Juv. 8, 47: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, makes a Roman citizen, sets free (for in the ceremony of manumission the slave was turned around), Pers. 5, 75:

quis te redonavit Quiritem Dis patriis?

an uninjured Roman citizen, Hor. C. 2, 7, 3:

epulis repleto Quirite, i. e. populo Romano,

Claud. Carm. 12, 16:

Romani more Quiritis, i. e. civis,

Luc. 2, 386: Quiris Eoüs, an eastern Roman, i. e. an inhabitant of Constantinople, Sid. Carm. 1, 31.— In fem.:

Q. TVLLIVS Q. F. PONTIFEX SACR. IVNONIS QVIRITIS,

Inscr. Grut. 308, 1. —

( Poet. transf.) Of bees, citizens, commonalty:

ipsae regem, parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt,

Verg. G. 4, 201.

sŏlum, i, (collat. form sŏlus, ūs, m., acc. to Varr. L. L. 6, 1, 2), n. [root sar-, to guard, make whole; Sanscr. Sarva, entire; cf.: solea, solidus, sollus], the lowest part of a thing, the bottom, ground, base, foundation.

Lit., the floor or pavement of a room; the bottom of a ditch or trench; the foundation of a building or the ground, site, on which it stands, etc.; ground, earth, land, soil; the sole of the foot or of a shoe, etc.:

aurata tecta in villis et sola marmorea,

Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:

(templi) Marmoreum solum,

Ov. M. 15, 672; Tib. 3, 3, 16:

ut ejus (fossae) solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distabant,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

imum stagni,

Ov. M. 4, 298:

maris,

Sen. Agam. 475.—Of a river-bed:

puro solo excipitur,

Curt. 3, 4, 8; 5, 3, 2; cf.:

ubi mollius solum reperit, stagnat insulasque molitur,

id. 8, 9, 7:

trabes in solo collocantur,

Caes. B. C. 7, 23:

super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est,

Curt. 5, 1, 33:

tecta (porticus) solo jungens,

Lucr. 4, 430:

solo aequata omnia,

Liv. 24, 47 fin.:

clivus Publicius ad solum exustus est,

id. 30, 26, 5:

urbem ad solum diruere,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; Eutr. 4, 17:

solo exaequare,

Flor. 1, 13, 4:

solo aequare,

Vell. 2, 4, 2:

aedificia cuncta solo cohaerentia,

Amm. 22, 11, 6:

ISIDI TEMPLVM A SOLO POSVIT,

Inscr. Orell. 457; cf. ib. 467; Inscr. Fabr. 10, 47: domo pignori data et area ejus tenebitur: est enim pars ejus;

et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

Dig. 13, 7, 21:

solum proscindere terrae,

Lucr. 5, 1295; so,

terrae,

id. 1, 212; 5, 211; 5, 1289.— Plur.: recente terrae [p. 1724] sola sanguine maculans, Cat. 63, 7:

sola dura,

id. 63, 40; Verg. G. 1, 80; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445:

sibi praeter agri solum nihil esse reliqui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 11:

solum exile et macrum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 67:

incultum et derelictum,

id. Brut. 4, 16:

densum, siccum, macrum, etc.,

Col. 2, 2, 5 sq.:

duratae solo nives,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 39:

putre,

Verg. G. 2, 204:

cruentum,

Ov. M. 4, 134:

foecundum,

id. ib. 7, 417:

pulvereum,

id. ib. 7, 113:

triste,

id. ib. 8, 789:

vivax,

id. ib. 1, 420:

pingue,

Verg. G. 1, 64:

praepingue,

id. A. 3, 698:

mite,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 2:

exiguum,

Tib. 1, 1, 22:

cultum,

id. 1, 1, 2:

nudum,

Curt. 3, 4, 3; 7, 5, 17:

viride,

Verg. A. 6, 192:

presso exercere solum sub vomere,

id. G. 2, 356:

solo inmobilis haeret,

id. A. 7, 250:

ingreditur solo,

id. ib. 4, 177:

solo recubans,

id. ib. 3, 392:

reptans solo,

Stat. S. 5, 5, 83.— Plur.:

saturare fimo pingui sola,

Verg. G. 1, 80:

ardent sola terrae,

Lucr. 2, 592; Cat. 61, 7; 61, 40; Tib. 1, 5, 3; Stat. S. 1, 1, 56; id. Th. 4, 445; cf. Cic. Balb. 5, 13, B. 1. infra: solum hominis exitium herbae, the sole of the foot, Varr. R. R. 1, 47 fin.:

mihi calciamentum solorum (est) callum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

loca nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 927; 4, 2:

(canes) unguibus duris, solo nec ut corneo nec nimium duro,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4: qui auro soccis habeat suppactum solum, the sole of a shoe, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 98;

of a dog: solum corneum,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4:

cereale solum pomis agrestibus augent,

their wheaten board, Verg. A. 7, 111:

vastis tremit ictibus aerea puppis, Subtrahiturque solum,

i. e. the sea under the vessel, id. ib. 5, 199:

omne ponti,

Val. Fl. 4, 712:

astra tenent caeleste solum,

i. e. the vault of heaven, Ov. M. 1, 73: manibusque cruentis Pulsat inane solum, i. e. the sockets of the eyes, Stat. Th. 1, 55.— Prov.: quodcumque or quod in solum venit, whatever falls to the ground, i. e. whatever comes uppermost or occurs to the mind, = quod in buccam venit, Varr. ap. Non. 500, 11; Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 65; Afran. ap. Non. 124, 18 sq. (Com. Fragm. v. 41 Rib.).—Also ellipt. (cf. bucca):

convivio delector: ibi loquor, quod in solum ut dicitur,

Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2.—

Transf., in gen.

Soil, i. e. land, country, region, place (cf.: terra, tellus, humus): sola terrarum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 Vahl.):

solum, in quo tu ortus et procreatus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 4; cf.

patriae,

id. Cat. 4, 7, 16; Liv. 5, 49:

pro solo, in quo nati essent,

id. 5, 30, 1:

patrium,

id. 21, 53:

natale,

i. e. native country, natal soil, Ov. M. 7, 52; 8, 184; id. P. 1, 3, 35; Sen. Med. 334; cf.:

in gremio regni solique genitalis,

Amm. 17, 12, 21:

Miletus, genitale solum,

Vell. 2, 7, 5 (7); Vop. Aur. 3, 2.— Plur.:

vos, mutae regiones, imploro, et sola terrarum ultimarum, etc.,

Cic. Balb. 5, 13:

sola Romana,

Capitol. Max. 13:

vile solum Sparte est,

Ov. M. 15, 428:

Romani numen utrumque soli,

id. F. 3, 292:

maxima Fundani gloria soli,

id. P. 2, 11, 28.— Hence, solum vertere, to leave one's country (generally said of going into exile):

qui volunt poenam aliquam subterfugere, eo solum vertunt, hoc est, sedem ac locum mutant,

Cic. Caecin. 34, 100; cf.:

neque exsilii causā solum vertisse diceretur,

id. Quint. 28, 26; id. Phil. 5, 5, 14; Liv. 3, 13; 43, 2 al.; so,

solum civitatis mutatione vertere,

Cic. Balb. 11, 28.—Rarely, in this sense:

solum mutare: exsules sunt, etiam si solum non mutarint,

Cic. Par. 4, 2, 31; cf.:

quo vertendi, hoc est mutandi, soli causā venerant,

id. Dom. 30, 78.—

In jurid. lang.: res soli, land, and all that stands upon it, real estate (opp. res mobiles, personal or movable property):

omnes res, sive mobiles sint, sive soli,

Dig. 13, 3, 1; so,

res soli,

ib. 43, 16, 1, § 32:

tertia pars de agris, terris, arbustis, satis quaerit, et, ut jurisconsultorum verbo utar, de omnibus quae solo continentur,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 1, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

ut feneratores duas patrimonii partes in solo collocarent,

lay out in land, Suet. Tib. 48:

in solo proprio,

Vop. Flor. 2.—

Trop., a base, basis, foundation (very rare): auspicio regni stabilita scamna solumque, i. e. throne, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48 fin. (Ann. v. 99 Vahl.); cf.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.):

solum quidem et quasi fundamentum oratoris vides locutionem emendatam et Latinam,

Cic. Brut. 74, 258: solum quoddam atque fundamentum, id. de Or. 3, 37, 151: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, to be levelled with the ground, i. e. to be utterly abolished, Liv. 6, 18, 14; so,

ad solum dirutum,

Vulg. Nah. 2, 6.

sōlum, adv., v. 1. solus fin.

transĭtus, a, um, Part. of transeo.

transĭtus, ūs, m. [transeo], a going over, passing over, passage (class.; syn. trajectus).

Lit.

In gen.:

fossae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

flumine impeditus transitus,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 7; 7, 57; Liv. 21, 20, 2; 28, 1, 1; Tac. A. 15, 10; id. H. 1, 70; 3, 59; 4, 65; Just. 1, 8, 2; 15, 4, 12:

in urbem nostram Junonis,

removal, Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.—

Concr., a passage-way, passage:

spiritus,

i. e. the windpipe, Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; cf.

auditus,

the auditory passage, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59. —

In partic.

A passing over, desertion to another party:

facilis ad proximos et validiores,

Tac. H. 1, 76:

transitūs mora,

id. Agr. 38:

ad Vitellium,

id. H. 1, 76:

in alienam familiam,

a passing over, adoption into, Gell. 5, 19, 8.—

Law t. t., a transfer of possession, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 20. —

A passing over, passing away:

tempestatis,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2.—

A passing by:

capta in transitu urbs Ninos,

Tac. A. 12, 13.—

Trop.

In gen., a passing over, passing, change:

in illo a pueritiā ad adulescentiam transitu,

Quint. 11, 3, 28:

opportunos magnis conatibus transitus rerum,

revolutions, Tac. H. 1, 21. —

In partic.

A means of passing, a transition from one step to another:

medius quidem gradus, nihil ipse significans sed praebens transitum,

Quint. 8, 6, 38:

in figuras alias,

Plin. 11, 36, 43, § 120. — Of the transition of colors in shading, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 37, 2, 8, § 21; Ov. M. 6, 66.—Of transition in sound, Quint. 12, 10, 68.—

In speaking.

A transition:

hinc erit ad alia transitus,

Quint. 7, 6, 5:

ad diversa,

id. 9, 3, 65: metabolê, id est transitus in aliud genus rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50:

in Armeniam transitum facimus,

Just. 42, 2, 7.—In plur.:

unde venusti transitus fiunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 61.—

In transitu, in passing, by the way:

quae leviter in transitu attigeram,

Quint. 7, 3, 27:

in transitu aliquid tractare,

id. 6, 2, 2:

in transitu non omittemus,

id. 2, 10, 15.