noun · femininefirst declension
trānsenna
trānsenna f (genitive trānsennae)
Classical[trãːˈsɛn.na]Ecclesiastical[tranˈsɛn.na]
Meaning
- a trap or snare made of netting
- a net used as a container, or netting or lattice used as a screen
illam cōpiam ōrnāmentōrum suōrum, quam cōnstructam ūnō in locō quasi per trānsennam praetereuntēs strictim aspeximus
Translation by E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham that abundance of his treasures, of which, piled together in one place, we in passing have caught just a glimpse, as through a lattice55 BCE, Cicero, De oratore 1.162
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
laqueus, rēte captōriumtrānsenna -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 21
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trānsenna | trānsennae |
| genitive | trānsennae | trānsennārum |
| dative | trānsennae | trānsennīs |
| accusative | trānsennam | trānsennās |
| ablative | trānsennā | trānsennīs |
| vocative | trānsenna | trānsennae |
transenna (trāsenna), ae, f. (orig. perh. plaited work; hence),
I. a noose, springe, net.
I. Lit.:
nunc ab transennā hic turdus lumbricum petit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 22: in transennā demissum Vietoriae simulacrum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 180. 21, and ap. Macr. S. 2, 9 (Hist. 2, 23, 3); so Amm. 20, 11, 22; 25, 6, 14; cf.: transenna βρόχος ἐν ἀφετηρίαις τεταμένος, Gloss. Philox.—B. A netting, lattice-work (cf.:
cancelli, fenestra): quasi per transennam praetereuntes strictim aspeximus, as if through a lattice, while passing, Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162.—II. Trop., a snare, trap (Plautinian): hunc ego hominem hodie in transennam doctis ducam dolis, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 11; cf. id. Rud. 4, 7, 10 sq.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trānsenna ae, f
a netting, lattice-work: quasi per transennam aspeximus.
Origins
Perhaps borrowed from Etruscan.