1. transĭtus — Lewis & Short
transĭtus, a, um,
Part. of transeo.The corpus record — Latin
transitus
transitus
Part. of transeo
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Where it lives
- De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
- De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
- Cathemerina 1 · 1.36/10k
- De Bello Alexandrino 1 · 0.96/10k
- Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
- De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k
- De Medicina 7 · 0.68/10k
- Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5 · 0.63/10k
- Historiae 3 · 0.58/10k
- Metamorphoses 4 · 0.52/10k
- Institutio Oratoria 9 · 0.52/10k
- Ab urbe condita 26 · 0.5/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. transĭtus — Lewis & Short
transĭtus, ūs, m.transeo,
I a going over, passing over, passage (class.; syn. trajectus).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
fossae,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:
flumine impeditus transitus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 7; 7, 57; Liv. 21, 20, 2; 28, 1, 1; Tac. A. 15, 10; id. H. 1, 70; 3, 59; 4, 65; Just. 1, 8, 2; 15, 4, 12:
in urbem nostram Junonis,removal, Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.—
2 Concr., a passage-way, passage:
spiritus,i. e. the windpipe, Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 111; cf.
auditus,the auditory passage, id. 23, 2, 28, § 59. —
B In partic.
1 A passing over, desertion to another party:
facilis ad proximos et validiores,Tac. H. 1, 76:
transitūs mora,id. Agr. 38:
ad Vitellium,id. H. 1, 76:
in alienam familiam,a passing over, adoption into, Gell. 5, 19, 8.—
2 Law t. t., a transfer of possession, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 20. —
3 A passing over, passing away:
tempestatis,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2.—
4 A passing by:
capta in transitu urbs Ninos,Tac. A. 12, 13.—
II Trop.
A In gen., a passing over, passing, change:
in illo a pueritiā ad adulescentiam transitu,Quint. 11, 3, 28:
opportunos magnis conatibus transitus rerum,revolutions, Tac. H. 1, 21. —
B In partic.
1 A means of passing, a transition from one step to another:
medius quidem gradus, nihil ipse significans sed praebens transitum,Quint. 8, 6, 38:
in figuras alias,Plin. 11, 36, 43, § 120. — Of the transition of colors in shading, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 37, 2, 8, § 21; Ov. M. 6, 66.—Of transition in sound, Quint. 12, 10, 68.—
2 In speaking.
a A transition:
hinc erit ad alia transitus,Quint. 7, 6, 5:
ad diversa,id. 9, 3, 65: metabolh/, id est transitus in aliud genus rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50:
in Armeniam transitum facimus,Just. 42, 2, 7.—In plur.:
unde venusti transitus fiunt,Quint. 9, 2, 61.—
b In transitu, in passing, by the way:
quae leviter in transitu attigeram,Quint. 7, 3, 27:
in transitu aliquid tractare,id. 6, 2, 2:
in transitu non omittemus,id. 2, 10, 15.
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