transversus

trānsversus, a, um: across the path or course, 5.19; crosswise.

transversus (-vorsus) or trāver-sus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of transverto.

trānsversus (trānsvorsus, trāversus), a, um, PAdi. (v. transverto), quer gehend od. liegend, schief, schräg, Quer-, I) adi.: A) eig.: cursus (Plur.), Laber. com. fr.: fossa, Caes.: vallum, Caes.: via, Cic.: so auch trames, Liv.: itinera, Seitenwege, Liv. fr., Seitenmärsche, Flankenmärsche, Sall.: u. so proelia, Flankengefechte, Flankenangriffe, Sall.: limes, Liv. (vgl. 2. prorsus) cuniculi, Seitenminen, Liv.: transverso itinere, in querer Richtung, Liv.: transverso foro, quer über den Markt, Cic.: digitus, s. digitus: unguis, s. unguis. – B) bildl.: 1) quer, querfeldein, cuius in adulescentiam transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae, quer in den Weg tretend, Cic. Brut. 331. – 2) abwärts, seitwärts, transversorum ordinum partes appellantur casus, derectorum genera, Varro LL. 10, 22: ut sit una (ratio) derecta, altera transversa, Varro LL. 10, 43. – transversum agere alqm, vom (rechten) Wege (der Tugend) abbringen, Sen.: so auch transversum auferre alqm, im Reden, Schreiben, von der Materie, Plin. – II) subst., trānsversum, ī, n., die Quere, schräge Lage, -Richtung, in transversum, in die Quere, schräg, Plin.: per transversum, quer durch, in die Quere, Plin.: ex transverso, in die Quere, schräg, cedere, Plaut.; u. bildl., de od. ex transverso (traverso), querfeldein, in die Quere = von ungefähr, wider Vermuten, unvermutet, ecce de traverso (so!) L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat, Cic.: ecce tibi iste de transverso ›heus‹, inquit, ›adulescens‹ etc., Cornif. rhet.: ecce tibi e transverso Lampsacenus Strabo, qui etc., Cic.: tunc illa velut de traverso (so!) nescio unde veniens ignota, Augustin.: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit, Petron.: multis haec calamitas ex transverso accĭdit, Scrib. – III) adv., transversum (transvorsum) u. (Plur.) transversa, in die Quere, seitwärts, A) eig.: transversa tueri, seitwärts (scheel, neidisch) sehen, Verg.: u. so alqm transversa tueri (ansehen), Val. Flacc.: venti transversa fremunt, von der Seite, seitwärts, Verg. – B) bildl.: transvorsum trudere a recte consulendo, abziehen, Cato origg. 5, 1.

2 transversus, traversus [CL, cf. et. ME, AN travers] 1 lying or positioned across, transverse, crosswise, or athwart. b (w. lignum) cross-beam, horizontal bar. c (as sb. n.) cross-piece, cross-bar. ~us super equum sicut saccus Ord. Vit. XI 19 p. 223; ictibus itur / in me transversis, his et utrinque petor L. Durh. Dial. I 198; invenerunt arborem jacentem in via ~am, et non potuerunt currum ducere propter arborem illam (Ruadanus 20) VSH II 249; musculi obliqui duo descendentes versus imum ventrem his subjacent. ‥ infimi omnium sunt musculi ~i D. Edw. Anat. A3v.  b scopuli oram loco adherenti ~um lignum xij pedum ‥ componere V. Cuthb. III 4; juxta ~um crucis lignum Lucian Chester 59.  c baculi pastorales iij ‥ unus ‥ cum curvamine eburneo ‥ unus cum curvamine corneo ‥ unus cum transverso cristallino Cart. Reading F 117. 2 (ex ~o, w. ref. to genealogy) collaterally. de successione cognatorum veniencium ex ~o Bower XI 8. 3 (ex ~o) across, from one side to the other, transversely, crosswise. b (w. prep. force, w. gen. or acc., also as one word and in form extransversum) across, from one side to the other of. ligno in ore [taxi] ex ~o imposito Gir. TH I 25.  b ut ‥ ita ex ~o valvarum coaptent scrinium ut nisi humiliato corpore nullus patentem invadat ingressum W. Malm. GP V 270; nullus ‥ signum aliquid extransversum refectorii de mensa ad mensam faciet; neque ‥ extransversum manifeste respiciet, sicut nec extransversum chori, sine justa causa Cust. Westm. 117; 1271 totam illam fabricam ‥ que sita est super cornerum [MS: cornetum] de Baggelone ex ~o hospitalis S. Johannis Cart. Chester 625a p. 349; 1271 W. S. percussit W. de H. in capite extraverso sumitatis capitis cum una hachia SelCCoron 17; 1271 J. percussit W. cum uno baculo ‥ extraverso lumbos Ib. 19; 1282 asportavit duas barras euntes ex ~o portam Rec. Leic. I 198; 1460 haia ‥ constructa extransverso ‥ aque de Lone ‥ usque solum ‥ abbatisse et conventus Couch. Furness II 220; 1527 parcellam terre ‥ situatam extraversum et circa Come Kenfyg Cart. Glam. IV 447. 4 (de ~o) across from the other side, transversely, crosswise. c1176 via predicta vadit de Fores usque ad Elgin ‥ et abinde de ~o usque ad divisas terre de K. Regesta Scot. 159; eodem vinculo circumcingitur lignum rotundum de ~o in medio collocatum J. Ford Serm. 25. 6. 5 (in ~o or in ~um, each also as one word) in a transverse direction, crosswise. b (w. prep. force, w. gen.) across, from one side to the other of. eos tamquam segetem in ~o gladiis secabant Ord. Vit. IX 17 p. 618; s1194 octoginta due acre terre sc. a spina super Hoberham intransversum del siic subtus Maurebergha usque ad ductum versus Musegravam (Ch.) Cumb & Westmor Antiq. Soc. LXXIX 46; 12‥ rivulus qui currit subtus boscum ‥ et †intransalum [MS: intransversum] ab essarto Couch. Kirkstall 87; terram ‥ que jacet inter ecclesiam ‥ et murum ‥ in longitudine et in ~um juxta regiam viam a cornu magni stabuli usque ad eandem ecclesiam Feod. Durh. 197n; tunicam et dalmaticam ex albo panno in ~o virgatas nobis contulit Cart. Bath B 808 p. 155; 1354 pro j barra ferri empta ad ponendum in traverso in hostio domus vocate le Rundehus KR Ac 471/6 m. 3.  b 1289 construere ‥ aque meatum ‥ a terra sua ‥ juxta ‥ iter quo itur a portu ‥ ad nemus de C. in traverso itineris RGasc II 289a. 6 (per ~um) transversely, crosswise, across. b (w. prep. force, w. gen. or acc.) across, from one side to the other of. c (her.) in an inverted orientation (as a sign of dishonour). s189 ipse [Severus] fossam extendit in insula prefata per ~o [sic] a mare usque ad mare Æthelw. I 1; biduo ‥ vivens [sanctus Andreas] in cruce positus per ~um, ut quidam dicunt, nichilominus predicavit populo Beleth RDO 165. 166.  b ante missae introitum sternatur unum aut duo tapetia per ~um chori, ubi stare debeat cantor Lanfr. Const. 129; c1163 sic per ~um moram usque ad Raburne Regesta Scot. 235; c1179 et ita per ~um prati transeuntes pervenerant ad vetus fossatum Ch. Chester 158; trabes erat per ~um ecclesie posita que crucem grandem sustentabat Gerv. Cant. Combust. 10; Gallie interiora petentes, a Gennabensi urbe per ~um Lutetiam cuncta usque Parisius barbarica feritate consumunt M. Par. Maj. I 424 (cf. Flor. Hist. I 466: pertransversum); 1430 tenent ‥ j tenementum prout jacet in longitudine a le heddyke episcopi ab austro per ~um vie regie Feod. Durh. 4.  c quando portans arma debet dishonorari propter proditionem, fugam vel fidem ruptam, tunc arma sua sunt pingenda per traversum ‥ et causa est scribenda propter quam versa sunt arma Bad. Aur. 143. 7 (as sb. n., right to collect or duty to pay) toll for passing or crossing. omnes malas exactiones in via que per Gallias Romam tendit, que vocantur tolonea vel ~a, data pecunia sua, diminui fecit [Canutus rex] usque ad medietatem H. Hunt. HA VI 17; c1159 sint quieti a traverso per omnes portus meos Act. Hen. II I 313; 1159 sint ‥ immunes et exempti ab omnibus subsidiis ‥ peagio ‥ traversio et seculari consuetudine Ib. I 519; 1162 dedit eidem abbatie ~um carreriarum Salmuri de transverso Ligeris Ib. I 365; 1180 de lxxij s. de remanenti de traverso duarum quadrigarum RScacNorm I 74; 1275 homines de Ware solebant semper dare ~um ad pontem de Ware ballivis domini regis Hund. I 194a; 1281 levare fecit tolnagium quod vocatur ~um in villa de N. de carectis et summagiis ibidem transeuntibus in alta strata de N. Cust. Rents 145; W. nunc custos [castri] capit ~um et thelonium in predicta villa sancti Albani G. S. Alb. II 37; 1324 tolnetum fori et ~i infra burgum de Hertford cum tolneto nundinarum ibidem valet per annum xxx s. ‥ item ~um ad pontem de Ware ‥ valet per annum viij li. IPM 83 m. 21; 1345 absque solutione, exactione traversi, pedagii Foed. V 441. 8 (leg., as sb.) ? formal denial in pleading, traverse. quod non omitteret propter aliquam libertatem ‥ quin capere J. S. de C in com' C. gent', utlagat' in L. tali die etc. ad sectam A. ‥ ut in aliis ~is quia dicit quod die brevis etc. fuit commorans et conversans apud M. Entries 299vb. 9 (passing into surname, i. e. Travers). ea tempestate Willelmus cognomento Transversus qui honorem Fracti Pontis (sic enim quoddam oppidum nominatur) ex dono ‥ regis habuerat Ric. Hex. Stand. f. 37.

3 transversus [CL transvertere+-tus], (in quot. a ~u, w. gen.) across, at right angles to. in strata illa que extenditur del West versus Est usque ad terram Godefridi de H. a ~u illius vie que venit de Wiggebruge versus Meldonam Cart. Colch. 623.

trānsversus (11) (trānsvorsus, trāversus), a, um, part. de transverto pris adj^t , ¶ 1 oblique, transversal : transversæ viæ Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 119, rues transversales ; transversis tramitibus Liv. 2, 39, 3, par des chemins de traverse ; transverso foro ambulare Cic. de Or. 3, 133, se promener en travers du forum || v. digitus, unguis, un travers de doigt, dʼongle || [poét., acc. de relat. au neutre] : venti transversa fremunt Virg. En. 5, 19, les vents font entendre de flanc leurs mugissements, cf. Virg. B. 3, 8 ¶ 2 [fig.] a) cujus in adulescentiam traversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicæ Cic. Br. 331, dans la jeunesse de qui le misérable destin de la république sʼest jeté à la traverse ; b) aliquem transversum agere Sall. J. 6, 3 ; 14, 20, pousser qqn dans une voie transversale, le détourner de la voie droite ¶ 3 [expr. adverb.] : in transversum positus Plin. 16, 222, placé en travers ; per transversum Plin. 18, 180, dans un sens transversal ; e transverso Lucr. 6, 1018, transversalement || [fig.] de ou e transverso, inopinément : Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5 ; Ac. 2, 121.

transversus , a, um. part. p. v. transverto.
— incedit 横旁走。Ex vel de transverso et in vel per transversum. 横然。Ex transverso 忽然。從旁。Transversum unguem vel digitum discedere 差一指寬。Transversa tueri 斜看。乜目。

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trāns-versus or trāversus (-vorsus) adj.,

• turned across, lying across, thwart, crosswise, transverse: viae, cross-streets: tramites, L.: fossas transversas viis praeducit, Cs.: transverso ambulans foro, across the forum: ab hac non transversum digitum discedere, a finger's-breath: (versibus) incomptis adlinet atrum Transverso calamo signum, H.—Fig., at cross purposes, inopportune: cuius in adulescentiam transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei p.—As substn., only with praepp.: ecce tibi e transverso Lampsacenus Strato, qui det, etc., i. e. in contradiction: ecce autem de traverso Caesar, i. e. unexpectedly.