I.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).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(α).
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. —
(β).
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.—
B. In partic.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.—
4. To pierce, transfix (very rare): “ilia cornipedis surrectā cuspide transit,” Sil. 10, 253.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen.
1. 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.,
2. 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,” Cic. 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.—
B. In partic.
1. 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.—
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.—
3. 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.—
4. In speaking.
a. 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. —
b. 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.—
c. 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.—
5. Of time, to pass by, elapse.
a. 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. —
b. 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.—
6. 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.
