transĭlĭo — Lewis & Short
transĭlĭo or trans-sĭlĭo, īvi or ŭi (the former in
Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38; Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9; the latter in Ov. F. 4, 727; Liv. 1, 7, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3; Flor. 3, 3, 12 al.;I
transilii,Sen. Ep. 39, 5), 4, v. n. and a. [salio], to leap, jump, or spring across, to leap over, spring over, etc. (class.).
I Lit.
(a) Neutr.:
illac per hortum transilivit ad nos,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38:
de muro ad nos, Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3: transilire ex humilioribus in altiorem navem,Liv. 30, 25, 6:
in hostium naves, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 4: per Thraciam, Macedoniam et Graeciam,i. e. to hasten through, Flor. 3, 5, 25:
hinc in Aegyptum subito,id. 4, 2, 6. —
(b) Act.:
fama est, ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros,Liv. 1, 7, 2:
positas flammas,Ov. F. 4, 727:
retia,Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:
amnem,Flor. 3, 3, 12:
vada,Hor. C. 1, 3, 24:
quaternos senosque equos,i. e. to leap from one to the other, Flor. 3, 3, 10.—
B In partic., to go quickly over to, hasten to join a party:
eadem aetas Neronis principatu ad Thessalum transilivit,Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9. —
II Trop.
(a) Neutr., to hasten, make haste, pass rapidly (very rare):
ad ornamenta ea (i. e. aureos anulos) etiam servitute liberati transiliunt,Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:
onyx in gemmam transilit ex lapide Caramaniae,the name Onyx passed over, was transferred, id. 37, 6, 24, § 90 dub. (v. Jan. ad loc.).—
(b) Act. (class.):
transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,to skip over, neglect, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:
ne rem unam pulcherrimam transiliat oratio,to pass by, omil, id. Phil. 2, 33, 84:
quid est in principatu tuo quod cujusquam praedicatio vel transilire vel praetervehi debeat?Plin. Pan. 56, 2:
non transilivi principis nostri consulatum,id. ib. 56, 66:
proxima pars vitae transilienda meae,Ov. P. 1, 2, 146:
ne quis modici transiliat munera Liberi,i. e. enjoy to excess, Hor. C. 1, 18, 7.