passing quickly by

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prĕcārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], obtained by begging, entreaty, or prayer (opp. debitus and pro imperio; not freq. till the Aug. per.; perh. used by Cic. only adverbially; v. infra).

Lit.:

non orare solum precariam opem, sed pro debitā petere,

obtained by entreaty, from mere favor, Liv. 3, 47, 2; cf.:

tribunicia potestas, precarium, non justum auxilium ferens,

id. 8, 35:

vita,

Tac. H. 4, 76:

precariam animam inter infensos trahere,

id. A. 1, 42:

imperium (quasi precibus concessum, ac propterea, quandocumque lubeat, rursus adimendum, Orell.),

id. H. 1, 52. —Hence, as subst.: prĕcārĭum, ii, n., any thing granted or lent upon request and at the will of the grantor:

precarium est, quod precibus petenti utendum conceditur tam diu, quamdiu is qui concessit patitur: quod genus liberalitatis ex jure gentium descendit, et distat a donatione eo, quod qui donat sic dat, ne recipiat: qui precario concedit sic dat, quasi tunc recepturus, cum sibi libuerit precarium solvere,

Dig. 43, 26, 1.—

Transf., depending on the will of another, doubtful, uncertain, transient, precarious:

forma,

Ov. M. 9, 76:

sapiens corpus suum, seque ipsum inter precaria numerat,

precarious, uncertain, transitory things, Sen. Tranq. 11, 1: fulgor, passing quickly by, very transient, Symm. Or. ap. Val. 1, 6.— Hence, adv.: prĕcārĭō, by entreaty or request (class.):

hoc petere me precario a vobis jussit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 24:

cum aliquo agere precario,

id. Truc. 4, 1, 12:

vel vi vel clam vel precario,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 28:

si precario essent rogandi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

exegit,

Suet. Claud. 12:

praefuit,

on sufferance, Tac. Agr. 16:

precario studeo,

am obliged, as it were, to beg time for study, Plin. Ep. 7, 30, 4:

precario possidere,

by sufferance, Paul. Sent. 5, 6, 11:

ancillam quis precario rogaverit,

Dig. 43, 26, 10.

vŏlŭcer, ūcris, ūcre ( gen. plur. volucrium, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 119 P.; masc. volucris, Tib. 4, 1, 209; Sil. 10, 471; fem. volucer fama, Petr. poët. 123, 210; cf. acer; on the quantity of the u in volucris, v. Quint. 1, 5, 28), adj. [cf. 2. volo], flying, winged (class.; syn.: ales, volatilis).

Lit.

Adj.:

bestiae,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 38; id. Lael. 21, 81:

angues,

id. N. D. 1, 36, 101:

dracones,

Ov. M. 7, 218:

Cupido,

id. ib. 9, 482:

natus,

i. e. Cupid, id. ib. 5, 364:

deus,

i. e. Mercury, Stat. Th. 2, 55; cf.

pes (Mercurii),

Ov. F. 5, 88; and:

o nuntium volucrem!

Cic. Quint. 25, 80.—

Subst.: vŏlū̆cris, is, f. (sc. avis, once masc., sc. ales:

teneros volucres, Cic. poët. Div. 2, 30, 64),

a bird, a flying creature, Lucr. 1, 12; 2, 145; 2, 344; Cic. de Or. 2, 6, 23; id. Ac. 2, 25, 81:

marinae,

Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 11; Ov. A. A. 3, 35; id. H. 10, 123:

Junonis,

i. e. the peacock, id. M. 15, 385; cf.

Junonia,

id. Med. Fac. 33; of the cock: volucres cecinere diem, Coripp. 1, 199; cf. Sil. 14, 22;

the eagle,

Luc. 6, 129:

obscenae,

Verg. A. 3, 241:

Tityi volucres,

vultures, Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 31; Hor. S. 1, 8, 6;

of the sirens,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 87; Quint. 10, 3, 24; 12, 11, 13; Suet. Aug. 13:

pictae,

Verg. A. 4, 525; Ov. M. 1, 308:

volucris parvula,

the fly, Phaedr. 5, 3, 3.—

Transf., of any thing that moves rapidly, flying, winged, fleet, swift, rapid (mostly poet.;

syn. velox): lumen,

Lucr. 6, 173; cf.:

ritu flammarum,

id. 1, 1102:

fumi,

Verg. G. 2, 217:

aurae,

id. A. 11, 795; Ov. M. 13, 807:

nebulae,

id. ib. 1, 602:

procellae,

id. Am. 2, 11, 33:

sagitta,

Verg. A. 5, 242; Ov. M. 9, 102;

called also ferrum,

id. Tr. 3, 10, 64:

harundo,

Verg. A. 5, 544:

equi,

Ov. M. 2, 153; 2, 234; 4, 245:

currus,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 8:

volucri freta classe pererrat,

Ov. M. 7, 460:

jam volucrem sequor Te per gramina Martii Campi,

speeding, running, Hor. C. 4, 1, 38 et saep.—

Trop.

In gen., fleet, swift, rapid:

nihil est tam volucre quam maledictum,

Cic. Planc. 23, 57:

aliud genus (dicendi) est... verbis volucre atque incitatum,

id. Brut. 95, 325:

volucri spe et cogitatione rapiuntur a domo longius,

id. Rep. 2, 4, 7:

somnus,

Verg. A. 2, 794:

fatum,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 24.—

In partic., passing quickly by, fleeting, transient, transitory:

o volucrem fortunam,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91:

dies,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 6; 4, 13, 16:

fama,

Ov. H. 17, 207; Petr. 123:

gaudium,

Tac. Or. 9.— Adv.: vŏlŭcrĭter, swiftly, rapidly (post-class.):

congregati,

Amm. 17, 1, 12:

perurgebat nocentes innocentesque,

id. 29, 1, 18.

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bullātus, a, um, adj. [bulla].

(Acc. to bulla, I. B.) Quickly passing; acc. to others, inflated, bombastic:

nugae,

Pers. 5, 19.—

(Acc. to bulla, II.) Furnished with a boss or stud:

cingulum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.—Of the heavens, studded with stars:

aether,

Fulg. Myth. 1, p. 24 Munck. —

(Acc. to bulla, III.) Wearing a bulla about the neck: puer, Scip. Afr. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10, 7:

statua,

of a child, Val. Max. 3, 1, 1:

heres,

yet a child, Juv. 14, 5; cf. Petr. 60, 8.

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.