verbirregular conjugation
trānseō
trānseō (present infinitive trānsīre, perfect active trānsiī or trānsīvī, supine trānsitum)
Classical[ˈtrãː.se.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtran.se.o]
№ 431 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by
Boiōsque — quī trāns Rhēnum incoluerant, et in agrum Nōricum trānsierant, Nōrēiamque oppūgnārant — receptōs ad sē sociōs sibi ascīscunt.
And the Boii — who had lived across the Rhine, had crossed into the Norican territory, and had attacked Noreia — having been received, were adopted as comrades to themselves.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.5 - to defect, go over (to an adverse side or faction)
- to pass over or to pass by
- to transcend, surpass, exceed
- to pass, elapse
Nox ubi trānsierit, caelumque rubēscere prīmō coeperit
When night shall have passed, and the sky shall have first begun to blush8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.165–166 - figurativelyto cease, pass away
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
trāns locum eō; pontem trānsīmus.trānseō -īre trānsiī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
ex alterā parte in alteram eōtrānseō -īre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7, 22
ex ūnā parte in alteram eōtrānseō -īre — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 7, 19
to cross
trānseō -īre — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 6, 12
Conjugation irregular
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānseō | trānsībam | trānsībō | trānsiī trānsīvī | trānsieram trānsīveram | trānsierō trānsīverō |
| 2nd sg. | trānsīs | trānsībās | trānsībis | trānsīstī trānsiistī, trānsīvistī | trānsierās trānsīverās | trānsieris trānsīveris |
| 3rd sg. | trānsit | trānsībat trānsīebat | trānsībit trānsīet | trānsiit trānsīvit | trānsierat trānsīverat | trānsierit trānsīverit |
| 1st pl. | trānsīmus | trānsībāmus | trānsībimus | trānsiimus trānsīvimus | trānsierāmus trānsīverāmus | trānsierimus trānsīverimus |
| 2nd pl. | trānsītis | trānsībātis | trānsībitis | trānsīstis trānsiistis, trānsīvistis | trānsierātis trānsīverātis | trānsieritis trānsīveritis |
| 3rd pl. | trānseunt | trānsībant trānsīebant | trānsībunt | trānsiērunt trānsiēre, trānsīvērunt, trānsīvēre | trānsierant trānsīverant | trānsierint trānsīverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānseam | trānsīrem | trānsierim trānsīverim | trānsīssem trānsiissem, trānsīvissem |
| 2nd sg. | trānseās | trānsīrēs | trānsierīs trānsīverīs | trānsīssēs trānsiissēs, trānsīvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | trānseat | trānsīret | trānsierit trānsīverit | trānsīsset trānsiisset, trānsīvisset |
| 1st pl. | trānseāmus | trānsīrēmus | trānsierīmus trānsīverīmus | trānsīssēmus trānsiissēmus, trānsīvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | trānseātis | trānsīrētis | trānsierītis trānsīverītis | trānsīssētis trānsiissētis, trānsīvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | trānseant | trānsīrent | trānsierint trānsīverint | trānsīssent trānsiissent, trānsīvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānseor | trānsībar | trānsībor |
| 2nd sg. | trānsīris trānsīre | trānsībāris trānsībāre | trānsīberis trānsībere |
| 3rd sg. | trānsītur | trānsībātur | trānsībitur |
| 1st pl. | trānsīmur | trānsībāmur | trānsībimur |
| 2nd pl. | trānsīminī | trānsībāminī | trānsībiminī |
| 3rd pl. | trānseuntur | trānsībantur | trānsībuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | trānsear | trānsīrer |
| 2nd sg. | trānseāris trānseāre | trānsīrēris trānsīrēre |
| 3rd sg. | trānseātur | trānsīrētur |
| 1st pl. | trānseāmur | trānsīrēmur |
| 2nd pl. | trānseāminī | trānsīrēminī |
| 3rd pl. | trānseantur | trānsīrentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | trānsī | trānsīre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | trānsīte | trānsīminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | trānsītō | trānsītor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | trānsītō | trānsītor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | trānsītōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | trānseuntō | trānseuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | trānsīre | trānsīrī |
| perfect infinitive | trānsīsse trānsiisse, trānsīvisse | trānsitum esse |
| future infinitive | trānsitūrum esse | trānsitum īrī |
| present participle | trānsiēns trānseunte, trānseuntem, trānseuntēs, trānseuntī, trānseuntia, trānseuntibus, trānseuntis, trānseuntīs, trānseuntium | — |
| perfect participle | — | trānsitus trānsita, trānsitā, trānsitae, trānsitam, trānsitārum, trānsitās, trānsitī, trānsitōrum, trānsitōs |
| future participle | trānsitūrus trānsitūra, trānsitūrā, trānsitūrae, trānsitūram, trānsitūrārum, trānsitūrās, trānsitūre, trānsitūrī, trānsitūrīs, trānsitūrō, trānsitūrōrum, trānsitūrōs, trānsitūrum | trānseundus |
gerundtrānseundī, trānseundō, trānseundumsupinetrānsitum, trānsitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- modum transire
- to pass the limit.
- flumen vado transire
- to wade across, to ford a river.
- tempus praeterit, transit
- time passes.
- dixi quasi praeteriens or in transitu
- I said en passant, by the way.
- quasi praeteriens, in transitu attingere aliquid
- to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu).
trans-ĕo, īvi or ĭi, ĭtum, īre (
I. perf. -ivit, Sen. Ben. 1, 13, 3; fut. -iet, Tib. 1, 4, 27; Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 4; Lact. 4, 18, 3), v. n. and a., to go over or across, to cross over, pass over, pass by, pass (syn. transgredior).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.
(a). Neutr.:
ego ad vos eum jussero transire, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51: per hortum ad amicam, id. Stich. 3, 1, 36: ad uxorem, id. Caecin. 3, 4, 24; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 7: ad te, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 1: ad forum, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 28: ne Germani e suis finibus in Helvetiorum fines transirent, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: in agrum Noricum, id. ib. 1, 5: in Britanniam, id. ib. 4, 30: per eorum corpora transire conantes repulerunt, id. ib. 2, 10: per media castra, Sall. J. 107, 5: per illud (iter, i. e. vocis) Murmure blanditiae minimo transire solebant, Ov. M. 4, 70: obsides ut inter sese dent, perficit; Helvetii, ut sine maleficio et injuriā transeant, Caes. B. G. 1, 9; Liv. 10, 46, 3: Mosa in Rhenum transit, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: caseum per cribrum facito transeat in mortarium, Cato, R. R. 76, 3: odor foliorum transit in vestes, Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15: ficus ad nos ex aliis transire gentibus, id. 15, 18, 19, § 69. —(b). Act.:
campos pedibus transire videmur, Lucr. 4, 459: Taurum, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: Taurus transiri non potest, id. Att. 5, 21, 14: Apenninum, id. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Liv. 5, 33, 2; 5, 33, 4 sq.; 21, 38, 6; 26, 12, 14; 21, 58, 3: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire, Caes. B. G. 1, 33: flumen, id. ib. 1, 12; 1, 13: Euphratem, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: maria, id. Or. 42, 146; id. Pis. 24, 57; Hor. A. P. 345: paludem, Hirt. B. G. 8, 10: forum, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 59: equum cursu, to pass by, Verg. A. 11, 719: omnes mensas transiit, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4: quem (serpentem) rota transiit, ran over, Verg. A. 5, 274: anulis medios articulos (digitorum) non transeuntibus, Quint. 11, 3, 142: Domitii filius transiit Formias, passed through Formiæ, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1.—In pass.: Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, is crossed by a ford, is fordable, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; cf.: flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transiri potest, id. ib. 5, 18; 2, 10; 7, 55; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Liv. 21, 43, 4; Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 89: totus transibitur orbis, Manil. 4, 398.—B. In partic.
1. To go over to a party or side (cf. transfugio):
ne deserat me atque ad hostes transeat, Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 10: ad adversarios transeas? Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40: ad Pompeium transierunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 60: transit cohors ad eum, id. ib. 1, 60: a Patribus ad plebem, Liv. 4, 16, 3: cum iis pugnare ad quos transierant, Nep. Dat. 6, 6: ad Q. Sextii philosophi sectam, Suet. Gram. 18. —Absol.: nec manere nec transire aperte ausus, Liv. 1, 27, 5: ut nulla ante Britanniae nova pars illacessita transierit, Tac. Agr. 20.—2. To go or pass over into any thing by transformation, to be changed or transformed into a thing (poet. and in postAug. prose):
ille in humum saxumque undamque trabemque fallaciter transit, Ov. M. 11, 643: in plures figuras, id. ib. 8, 730: humana in corpora, id. ib. 15, 167: in aestatem post ver, id. ib. 15, 206: aqua mulsa longā vetustate transit in vinum, Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; 9, 41, 65, § 139; 25, 9, 57, § 103; 37, 6, 23, § 87.—3. Of food. to pass through, pass off:
cibi qui difficillime transeant sumpti, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; so, cibi, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202: vinum tenue per urinam, id. 23, 1, 22, § 39.—4. To pierce, transfix (very rare):
ilia cornipedis surrectā cuspide transit, Sil. 10, 253.—II. Trop.
A. In gen.
1. Neutr. (very rare):
quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea permanet et transeat, runs through, pervades, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119: utinam ista saevitia inter peregrina exempla mansisset, nec in Romanos mores transisset, Sen. Ira, 3, 18, 1.—Impers. pass.: cujus (ordinis) similitudine perspectā in formarum specie ac dignitate transitum est et ad honestatem dictorum atque factorum, Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47.— More freq., 2. Act.:
ii sine dubio finem et modum transeunt, go beyond, overstep, transgress, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; so, modum, id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40: finem aequitatis et legis in judicando, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220: fines verecundiae, id. Fam. 5, 12, 3: aliquid silentio, to pass over, pass by, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23; nil transit amantes, i. e. escapes, Stat. Th. 2, 335; so, ita compositi sumus ut nos cottidiana, etiamsi admiratione digna sunt, transeant, Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 1.—B. In partic.
1. To go or pass over to another opinion:
in sententiam alicujus, Liv. 34, 34, 1: senatus frequens in alia omnia transiit, Hirt. B. G. 8, 53: transierunt illuc, ut ratio esset ejus habenda, qui neque exercitum neque provincias traderet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 2.—2. To pass over, be changed into any thing:
quomodo quire et ruere vel in praeterita patiendi modo, vel in participia transibunt? Quint. 1, 6, 26: in eam (vocalem sequentem) transire possit (M), id. 9, 4, 40; 1, 4, 29: frequens imitatio transit in mores, id. 1, 11, 3: jactantur cuncta et in contrarium transeunt jubente fortunā, Sen. Ep. 99, 9: in vinum transire, Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; Sen. Ep. 114, 24; 84, 6; 85, 15.—3. To overpass, surpass, excel:
qui hoc agit, ut prior sit, forsitan, etiamsi non transierit, aequabit, Quint. 10, 2, 10: verum ut transeundi spes non sit, magna tamen est dignitas subsequendi, id. 12, 11, 28: Pompeium transire paras, Luc. 2, 565: monumenta transibit nostra juventus, id. 4, 499.—4. In speaking.
a. To pass over to another subject:
ad partitionem transeamus, Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30: ad alias (quaestiones), Quint. 7, 1, 18: hinc ad rationem sermonis conjuncti, id. 8, 3, 40: protinus ad dispositionem, id. 6, 5, 1: ad responsum partis alterius, id. 7, 1, 6: ad rhetoris officia (proximus liber), id. 1, 12, 19: consumptis precibus violentam transit in iram, Ov. M. 8, 106: inde in syllabas cura transibit, Quint. 1, 4, 17.—Impers. pass.: seminarii curam ante convenit dici, quam transeatur ad alia genera, Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 68: transeatur ad alteram contionem, Liv. 45, 37, 11. —b. To go quickly or briefly through a subject (syn. transcurro):
sed in animo est leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem, to touch lightly upon, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: sperare et ea quae premant et ea quae inpendeant me facile transiturum, id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: eos (libros) omnes duabus proximis noctibus cursim transeo, Gell. 9, 4, 5: brevi auditu quamvis magna transibat, Tac. H. 2, 59.—c. To pass over, pass by, leave untouched (so freq. first in post-Aug. prose;
syn. praetermitto): malueram, quod erat susceptum ab illis, silentio transiri, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: ex quo tu quae digna sunt, selige, multa transi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4: ut alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant: sic ego nihil praetereo, etc., Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4: Neronem enim transeo, id. ib. 5, 3, 6; so, Protagoran transeo, Quint. 3, 4, 10; cf. id. 10, 1, 57; 12, 1, 22; 12, 10, 22: sed hoc transeo, id. 12, 2, 4: ut ne id quidem transeam, id. 11, 3, 131: transeamus id quoque, quod, etc., id. 1, 10, 17: ut transeam, quemadmodum vulgo imperiti loquantur, id. 1, 6, 45: lacrimas alicujus, Stat. S. 5 praef.—In pass.: nec a nobis neglegenter locus iste transibitur, Quint. 2, 4, 17: illa quoque minora non sunt transeunda, id. 10, 3, 31; 10, 2, 3: levia haec et transeunda, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5: transita signa, Manil. 2, 486.—5. Of time, to pass by, elapse.
a. Neutr.:
cum legis dies transierit, Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6: dies hibernorum complures, Caes. B. G. 3, 2: multi jam menses, id. B. C. 3, 25: quinquennium, Dig. 7, 1, 37: tran et aetas; Quam cito! Tib. 1, 4, 27: menses transeunt, Phaedr. 5, 7, 11. — b. Act., to pass, spend:
ne vitam silentio transeant, pass through, spend, Sall. C. 1, 1; so, vitam, id. ib. 2, 8 Kritz N. cr.: ipsum tribunatūs annum quiete et otio, Tac. Agr. 6 fin.: hiemem (securi), Sen. Ep. 90, 15: spatium juventae, to pass beyond, Ov. M. 15, 226.—6. To pass away, cease:
precarium seni imperium et brevi transiturum, Tac. H. 1, 52 fin.: fortuna imperii transit, id. ib. 3, 49: mutatam auctoritatem (unguenti) et saepius transisse gloriam, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4: quidquid irarum fuit, transierit, Sen. Thyest. 398: caelum et terra, Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; id. 2 Pet. 3, 10; id. 1 Joan. 2, 17.—Hence, transĕunter, adv. (acc. to transeo, II. B. 4. b.), in passing, cursorily (late Lat.): commemorata quaestio, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 23: discussā indiciorum fide, Amm. 28, 1, 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trāns-eō iī
(rarely īvī; fut. trānsiet, Tb.; fut perf. trānsierītis, O.), itus, īre, to go over, go across, cross over, pass over, pass by, pass: ad uxorem meam, T.: e suis finibus in Helvetiorum finīs, Cs.: per media castra, S.: per illud (iter) Murmure blanditiae minimo transire solebant, i. e. by the voice, O.: Taurum: Alpīs, L.: flumen, Cs.: equum cursu, to pass by, V.: quem (serpentem) rota transiit, ran over, V.: Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur, i. e. is fordable, Cs.: Alpes vix integris vobis transitae, L.—Fig., to go through, pervade: quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea transeat, pervades.—Of a speaker, to pass over, make a transition, turn: ad partitionem: in iram, O.: transitum est ad honestatem dictorum: transeatur ad alteram contionem, L.—To hasten over, go briefly through, touch, sum up: leviter unamquamque rem.—To pass over, pass by, leave untouched, disregard: malueram alqd silentio transiri.—To pass by, elapse: cum legis dies transierit: menses transeunt, Ph.—To pass, spend: vitam silentio, S.: annum quiete, Ta.—To go over, pass over, desert, be converted: nec manere nec transire aperte ausus, L.: ad adversarios: transit cohors ad eum, Cs.: a Patribus ad plebem, L.—To go, pass over, be changed, be transformed, turn: in humum fallaciter, O.: in plurīs figuras, O.: in aestatem post ver, O.—To go beyond, overstep, transgress, violate: finem et modum: verecundiae finīs.—To go through, get through, endure: ea quae premant et ea quae inpendeant.
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- Latin eō Latin trānseō From trāns- (“across”) + eō (“go”).
Elsewhere
- Englishtransit
- Frenchtransir
- Englishtrancefrom French transir
- Italiantransire
- Portuguesetransir
- Spanishtransir
Vulgar Latin
- Portugueseestresirfrom unknown *extrānsīre
- Italiantregendafrom unknown *trānseunda
- Lombardstrasìfrom unknown *extrānsīre
- Neapolitantrasondafrom unknown *trānseunda
- Old Italiantrasannafrom unknown *trānseunda
- Lombardtresandafrom unknown *trānseunda
- Lombardtresendafrom unknown *trānseunda
Italo-Romance
- Italiantrasire
- Neapolitantrasire
- Neapolitantrasì
- Siciliantràsiri
- Sicilianntràsiri
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchtrésir
- Bourguignontradzi
- Walloontrèsi
- Gascontrasífrom Old Occitan trasir
- Gascontrasáfrom Old Occitan trasir