transitus

1.

transĭtus, a, um, Part. of transeo.

2.

transĭtus, ūs, m. [transeo], 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: metabolê, 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.