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trans-verto , ti, sum, 3, v. a.,
I.to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).
I. 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.—
II. 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.).
A. 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. —
2. 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.—
B. 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. —
2. 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.
1. transversē (-vorsē ), crosswise, transversely, obliquely: “transverse describantur horae in columellā,Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—
2. transversim , transversely, crosswise: “obliquatis manibus,Tert. Bapt. 8.
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