trāver-sus

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.