transilio

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.;

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.

(α).

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. —

(β).

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.

(α).

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.).—

(β).

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.