noun · neutersecond declension
trānsversum
trānsversum n (genitive trānsversī)
Classical[trãːsˈwɛr.sũː]Ecclesiastical[tranzˈvɛr.sum]
Meaning
- a cross direction or position
unde vace fit cumque locus, sive e transverso sive superne, corpora continuo in vacuum vicina feruntur;[…]
c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 6.1018
Origins
Substantive of trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or athwart”)