verbthird conjugation
trānscendō
trānscendō (present infinitive trānscendere, perfect active trānscendī, supine trānscēnsum)
Classical[trãːˈskɛn.doː]Ecclesiastical[tran̠ʲˈʃɛn.do]
Meaning
- to climb, pass, cross or step over
- to overstep, surpass, exceed or transcend
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānscendō | trānscendēbam | trānscendam | trānscendī | trānscenderam | trānscenderō |
| 2nd sg. | trānscendis | trānscendēbās | trānscendēs | trānscendistī | trānscenderās | trānscenderis |
| 3rd sg. | trānscendit | trānscendēbat | trānscendet | trānscendit | trānscenderat | trānscenderit |
| 1st pl. | trānscendimus | trānscendēbāmus | trānscendēmus | trānscendimus | trānscenderāmus | trānscenderimus |
| 2nd pl. | trānscenditis | trānscendēbātis | trānscendētis | trānscendistis | trānscenderātis | trānscenderitis |
| 3rd pl. | trānscendunt | trānscendēbant | trānscendent | trānscendērunt trānscendēre | trānscenderant | trānscenderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānscendam | trānscenderem | trānscenderim | trānscendissem |
| 2nd sg. | trānscendās | trānscenderēs | trānscenderīs | trānscendissēs |
| 3rd sg. | trānscendat | trānscenderet | trānscenderit | trānscendisset |
| 1st pl. | trānscendāmus | trānscenderēmus | trānscenderīmus | trānscendissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | trānscendātis | trānscenderētis | trānscenderītis | trānscendissētis |
| 3rd pl. | trānscendant | trānscenderent | trānscenderint | trānscendissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānscendor | trānscendēbar | trānscendar |
| 2nd sg. | trānscenderis trānscendere | trānscendēbāris trānscendēbāre | trānscendēris trānscendēre |
| 3rd sg. | trānscenditur | trānscendēbātur | trānscendētur |
| 1st pl. | trānscendimur | trānscendēbāmur | trānscendēmur |
| 2nd pl. | trānscendiminī | trānscendēbāminī | trānscendēminī |
| 3rd pl. | trānscenduntur | trānscendēbantur | trānscendentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānscendar | trānscenderer |
| 2nd sg. | trānscendāris trānscendāre | trānscenderēris trānscenderēre |
| 3rd sg. | trānscendātur | trānscenderētur |
| 1st pl. | trānscendāmur | trānscenderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | trānscendāminī | trānscenderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | trānscendantur | trānscenderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | trānscende | trānscendere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | trānscendite | trānscendiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | trānscenditō | trānscenditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | trānscenditō | trānscenditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | trānscenditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | trānscenduntō | trānscenduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | trānscendere | trānscendī |
| perfect infinitive | trānscendisse | trānscēnsum esse |
| future infinitive | trānscēnsūrum esse | trānscēnsum īrī |
| present participle | trānscendēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | trānscēnsus trānscēnsa, trānscēnsā, trānscēnsae, trānscēnsam, trānscēnsārum, trānscēnsās, trānscēnse, trānscēnsī, trānscēnsīs, trānscēnsō, trānscēnsōrum, trānscēnsōs |
| future participle | trānscēnsūrus trānscēnsūra, trānscēnsūrā, trānscēnsūrae, trānscēnsūram, trānscēnsūrārum, trānscēnsūrās, trānscēnsūre, trānscēnsūrī, trānscēnsūrīs, trānscēnsūrō, trānscēnsūrōrum, trānscēnsūrōs, trānscēnsūrum | trānscendendus trānscendundus, trānscendenda, trānscendendā, trānscendendae, trānscendendam, trānscendendārum, trānscendendās, trānscendende, trānscendendīs, trānscendendōrum, trānscendendōs |
gerundtrānscendendī, trānscendendō, trānscendendumsupinetrānscēnsum, trānscēnsū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- in navem (hostium) transcendere
- to throw grappling irons on board; to board.
transcendo or trans-scendo, di, sum, 3, v. a. and n. scando,
I. to climb, pass, cross, or step over, to overstep, surmount.
I. Lit. (freq. and class.; cf.: supero, transgredior).
A. Neutr.:
est periculum me ab asinis ad boves transcendere, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 58: transcendere in hostium naves, Caes. B. G. 3, 15; id. B. C. 1, 58: in Italiam (Hasdrubal), Liv. 28, 42, 14: in fines hostium, id. 3, 8, 4: in Latinum agrum, id. 4, 53, 2: in Sedetanum agrum, id. 28, 31, 7; cf.: per Vescinos in Campaniam Falernumque agrum, id. 10, 20, 1; 31, 29, 6; 36, 24, 4.—B. Act.: fossam transire et maceriam transcendere conantur. Caes. B. G. 7, 70:
fossas, id. B. C. 3, 46: valles, id. ib. 1, 68: Caucasum, Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 22: Alpes, id. Cat. 4, 3, 6; Liv. 5, 34, 8; 5, 35, 1: Apenninum, id. 22, 1, 1: Taurum, Just. 11, 8, 2: flumen exercitu, Tac. A. 4, 44: limen, Prop. 1, 14, 19 et saep.—II. Trop., to pass over, to overstep, surpass, exceed, transcend (rare; not in Cic.).
A. Neutr.:
ad leviora, to pass over, make a transition, Quint. 7, 1, 21: ad majora, Vell. 2, 130, 3: ex minore aetate in majorem, Hyg. ap. Gell. 16, 6, 15. — Absol.: ut non abrupte cadere in narrationem, ita non obscure transcendere, Quint. 4, 1, 79. — B. Act.:
transcendere fines Juris, to orerstep, transgress, Lucr. 3, 60: transcendere ordinem aetatis, naturae, moris Macedonum, juris gentium, Liv. 40, 11, 7; cf. id. 40, 9, 8: prohibita impune, Tac. A. 3, 54: nec declinari transcendique posse agmina fati, Gell. 7 (6), 2, 5.—2. To excel, exceed, surpass, transcend:
aetatem primae juventae, Col. 1, 8, 3: at tu transcendes, Germanice, facta tuorum, Sil. 3, 607: annos factis, id. 4, 428: florentes annos viribus, id. 1, 226: vota transcendi mea, Sen. Thyest. 912: aliquem aetate, id. Troad. 702.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trānscendō dī, —, ere
trans + scando, to climb over, pass over, cross, overstep, surmount : in hostium navīs, Cs.: in finīs hostium, L.: per Vescinos in Campaniam, L.: vallīs, Cs.: Alpīs.— Fig., to pass over, pass by, overstep, transcend, transgress, violate : mos . . . iudicium . . . haec transcendere non potes, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Italic *skandō Latin scandō Latin trānscendō From trāns- + scandō.
Descendants
- Catalantranscendir
- Englishtranscend
- Frenchtranscender
- Italiantrascendere
- Portuguesetranscender
- Spanishtrascender
In English words that came into English from trānscendō
- transcendentaltranscendentālis
- transcendenttrānscendēns