trans-verto — Lewis & Short
trans-verto, ti, sum, 3, v. a.,
I to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).
I Lit.:
ut quae defensio fuerat, eadem in accusationem transverteretur,should be turned, converted, App. Mag. p. 325, 33: eorum consilia hac atque illac variā cogitatione, to turn over, Firm. Math. 6, 15.—
II Transf., to turn away, avert:
inimica,Arn. 7, 219:
fortes meos,Tert. Praescr. 37. — Hence, transversus (-vorsus) or trāver-sus, a, um, P. a., turned across; hence, going or lying across, athwart, crosswise; cross-, transverse, traverse (freq. and class.).
A Lit.:
viae,cross-streets, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119:
tramites,Liv. 2, 39, 3:
limites,id. 22, 12, 2:
fossa,Caes. B. G. 2, 8:
fossas viis praeducit,id. B. C. 1, 27:
vallum,id. ib. 3, 63:
tigna,id. ib. 2, 9:
transversosque volare per imbres fulmina cernis,Lucr. 2, 213; cf.:
nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras,id. 6, 190:
Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro,across the forum, Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: taleae ne plus quattuor digitos transversos emineant, four fingers across, four finger-breadths, Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126; cf.
prov.: si hercle tu ex isto loco Digitum transversum aut unguem latum excesseris,a fingerbreadth, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18; so,
digitus,Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 58 (v. digitus);
for which, also: discedere a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem,id. Att. 13, 20, 4:
(versibus) incomptis allinet atrum Transverso calamo signum,Hor. A. P. 447:
ut transversus mons sulcetur,Col. 2, 4, 10: plurimum refert, concava sint (specula), an elata;
transversa, an obliqua,Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129. —
2 Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, a cross direction or position, only with prepp. adv., crosswise, transversely, etc.:
non prorsus, verum ex transverso cedit, quasi cancer solet,obliquely, sideways, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45:
e transverso vacefit locus,Lucr. 6, 1018:
paeninsula ad formam gladii in transversum porrecta,Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83:
in transversum positae (arbores),id. 16, 42, 81, § 222:
aratione per transversum iteratā,id. 18, 20, 49, § 180; so id. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. saepe traversa):
collectus pluvialis aquae transversum secans,intersecting diagonally, Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.; cf. poet. in plur.:
(venti) mutati transversa fremunt,at right angles to their former direction, Verg. A. 5, 19; so id. E. 3, 8; Val. Fl. 2, 154; Stat. Th. 1, 348.—
B Trop.:
transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae,crossed, thwarted, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: cum coepit transversos agere felicitas, i. e. to lead aside or astray, Sen. Ep. 8, 3:
transversum judicem ferre,Quint. 10, 1, 110; Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67; 28, 1, 1, § 1. —
2 Neutr. as subst.: transversum, i, n., only with prepp. adv.:
ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat,i. e. contrary to expectation, unexpectedly, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5:
ecce tibi iste de transverso, Heus, inquit, etc.,Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14;
for which: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit,Petr. 55:
haec calamitas ex transverso accidit,Scrib. Comp. 231.—Hence, advv.
1 transversē (-vorsē), crosswise, transversely, obliquely:
transverse describantur horae in columellā,Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—
2 transversim, transversely, crosswise:
obliquatis manibus,Tert. Bapt. 8.