adverb
trānsversē
trānsversē (comparative trānsversius, superlative trānsversissimē)
Classical[trãːsˈwɛr.seː]Ecclesiastical[tranzˈvɛr.se]
Meaning
- crosswise, transversely, obliquely
In columella horae ex analemmatos transverse describantur, menstruaeque lineae columella signentur.
c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 9.8.7
transversē, adv., v. transverto
I. fin.
Origins
By surface analysis, trānsversus (“turned across”) + -ē (“-ly”, adverbial suffix). Given the parallel formation in Umbrian trahuorfi, the term may have been inherited from Proto-Italic *trānsworssēd, from *trānsworssos.