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transĭtĭo , ōnis, f. transeo,
I.a going across or over, a passing over, passage.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “(solis) in aliud signum,” Vitr. 9, 4 med.: “sic dicebas, eam esse ejus (speciei dei) visionem, ut similitudine et transitione cernatur,” i. e. by the passing by of atoms, Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 105: “imaginibus similitudine et transitione perceptis,” id. ib. 1, 19, 50: “visionum,” id. ib. 1, 39, 109.—
2. Concr., a passage, entrance: “transitiones perviae jani nominantur,” Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67.—
B. In partic., a going over, desertion to a party: “sociorum,” Liv. 28, 15, 14; 25, 15, 5; 2, 25, 1; 28, 16, 8; Tac. H. 2, 99; Just. 1, 5.—In plur., Cic. Brut. 16, 62; Liv. 27, 20, 7.—
II. Trop. *
A. The passing of a disease from one person to another, infection, contagion, Ov. R. Am. 616.—
B. In rhet., a transition, Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 1, 9, 14.—
C. In gram., an inflection by declension or conjugation, Varr. L. L. 9, § 103 Müll.; Prisc. p. 982 P.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.4
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.99
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 25.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 15.14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 20.7
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.37
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.27
    • Cicero, Brutus, 16.62
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