What is the Latin word for passage?

The usual Latin words for “passage” are trānsitiō, trānsgressiō, trānsmissiō; also trāiectiō, trānseō, trānsvectiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“passage” in Latin

trānsitiōtransit, transition, passage; desertion; infection, contagion trānsgressiōtransposition; transition; transgression trānsmissiōtransmission, passage (the sending across of something)trāiectiōa crossing over, passing over, passage; a transposition (of words), hyperbaton; exaggeration, hyperbole trānseōto traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by; to defect, go over (to an adverse sid trānsvectiōa carrying across, transporting, or passing over; a riding past; specifically, the ceremonial parade or review of the Ro viaroad, street, path; highway; way, method, manner, mode itera route; a passage iānuaany double-doored entrance (e.g. a domestic door or a gate to a temple or city); an entrance, entry, access locusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; grounds

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

passage

Act of passing over, transitio; transgressio; transmissio; trajectio: the passage of a river, trajectus, or transvectio, fluminis.

Act or right of passing through, transitus; transvectio (carrying of goods through one country into another, transit): to give or grant passage to anyone, dare alicui transitum or iter per agros urbesque; aliquem per fines suos ire pati (e.g., of an army, through a country): dare alicui viam (to a single person; e.g., through an estate, per fundum): to forbid a passage, aliquem ab transitu prohibere or arcere: to obstruct a passage, alicui transitum claudere.

Condition of not being stationary: bird of passage, advena avis (opposed to vernacula avis): birds of passage, advenae volucres (opposed to vernaculae volucres): adventicium genus volucrum; volucres quae peregrinatione laetantur (Vid: Cic., Fin., 2, 33, 109); coturnices ex nostris regionibus trans mare remeant (Varr.; are birds of passage): grues calidiora loca petentes maria transmittunt (Cic., N.D., 49, 125; are birds of passage): de illo genere sunt turdi adventicii ac quotannis in nostras regiones trans mare advolant circiter aequinoctium auctumnale et eodem revolant ad aequinoctium vernum (Varr.).

Place through which one may pass, way, via; iter; transitus; transitio pervia (through houses, courts): janua (arched, vaulted): a forum with passages, forum transitorium (Eutropius 7, 23): a house with passages, domus transitoria (Suet., Ner., 31).

Place in a book or writing, locus: passages, loci (rarely loca; loci sunt librorum, loca sunt terrarum, Zumpt, § 99): difficult or obscure passages, loci obscuri, difficiles, impediti (Wyttenbach): parallel passages [Vid: PARALLEL].

(In music)(In music), color, modulatio insistens (Bau.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for passage?: The usual Latin words for “passage” are trānsitiō, trānsgressiō, trānsmissiō; also trāiectiō, trānseō, trānsvectiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.