trājectĭo, ōnis, f. [traicio].
I Lit., a crossing over , passing over , passage : trajectiones incendiorum, Vitr. 2, 9 fin. : honestior existimatur trajectio, i. e. the going over sea to Pompey , Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2: trajectiones motusque stellarum, the shootings over , i. e., concr., shooting-stars , meteors , id. Div. 1, 1, 2; so, stellae trajectio, id. ib. 2, 6, 16.—
II Trop., of language.
A A transposition of words, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44; Cic. Or. 69, 230; Quint. 8, 2, 14.—
B Exaggeration , hyperbole : tum augendi minuendive causā veritatis superlatio atque trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203: superlatio veritatis et trajectio, Quint. 9, 2, 3.—
C A throwing or putting off upon another : in alium, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204.