tropically

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.