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transtrum

transtrum · n

a crossbeam

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Where it lives

Argonautica 11 · 2.96/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
Contra Symmachum 2 · 1.66/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Punica 8 · 1.05/10k
Aeneid 6 · 0.95/10k
Pharsalia 4 · 0.79/10k
De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. transtrum — Lewis & Short

transtrum, i, n.root tra-, to cross; cf. trans (cf. jugum).

I In gen., a crossbeam, transom, Vitr. 2, 1; 4, 2; 5, 1 fin.; 10, 21; Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 123 al.; cf.: transtra et tabulae navium dicuntur et tigna, quae ex pariete in parietem porriguntur, Fest. p. 367 Müll.—

II Esp., a cross-bank in a vessel, a bank for rowers, a thwart.—

B Sing., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 135; Liv. Epit. 89; Pers. 5, 147.—Plur., Caes. B. G. 3, 13; Verg. A. 4, 573; 5, 663; Ov. M. 14, 534; Luc. 3, 543.

2. tränstrum — Walde–Hofmann

tränstrum, -i n. „Querbalken, Querbank; Ruderbank" (seit Cic., rom., ebenso tränstillum, -1 n. Vitr. ds): Ableitung von fräns (Vanicek 104). — Nicht aus gr. 9pdvoc m. „Bank, Schemel“ entl., wie Keller Volkset. 106 annimmt (dies vlm. zu firmus, s. oben 1 505). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. tränstrum, p. 1608]

In the wild

transtrorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.15.3
transtra Lucan, Pharsalia 3.543
transtra Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 2.1.793
transtra Statius, Thebais 5.404
transtra Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.12.p5
transtra Statius, Silvae 3.2.28

6 of 49 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. transtrum (scan p. 724; entry #12042).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. tränstrum (scan p. 1608; entry #3061).

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