trans-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].
I Lit. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A To drive through , i. e. to thrust or stick a weapon through (syn. traicio): per pectora transigit ensem, Sil. 13, 376: ferrum per ambos pedes, Sen. Oedip. 857. —
B Transf., to stab , pierce one through with a weapon, to transfix , transpierce : gladio pectus transigit, Phaedr. 3, 10, 27: se ipsum gladio, Tac. A. 14, 37: juvenem (cuspis), Sil. 5, 473: viscera (ensis), Luc. 4, 545: tempora (jaculum), id. 9, 824: semet ictu gladii, Aur. Vict. Caes. 5, 16: aliquem ictu, id. ib. 39, 13.—
II To carry through , to bring to an end , to finish , settle , complete , conclude , perform , accomplish , despatch , transact any business (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: absolvo, perficio).
A In gen.: negotium, Cic. Fam. 13, 14, 2; so id. Phil. 2, 9, 21; cf.: illud, quod faciendum primum fuit, factum atque transactum est, id. Cat. 3, 6, 15; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45: rebus transactis, id. Tusc. 4, 25, 55: transactā re, convertam me domum, Ter. Ad. 286: quod plerumque non futura sed transacta perpendimus, Curt. 8, 2, 1: transactis jam meis partibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 15: intus transigetur, si quid est, quod restet, Ter. And. 981: aliquid per aliquem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149: pleraque per se, Liv. 34, 18, 3: aliquid cum aliquo, Sall. J. 29, 5: prius de praetoribus transacta res, quae transigi sorte poterat, Liv. 38, 25, 4: bellorum egregios fines, quotiens ignoscendo transigatur, i. e. by amnesty , Tac. A. 12, 19: transigitur rixa caede, id. G. 22: bella, id. H. 2, 38: fabulam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 151; so, fabulam, id. Cas. prol. 84: comoediam, id. Truc. prol. 11: si transactum est, if all is over , Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 3; cf.: transactum de partibus ratus, Flor 4, 7, 13.—
B In partic., in business lang., to settle a difference or controversy, to come to a settlement , agreement , or understanding (syn.: decerno, statuo): postremo inter se transigant ipsi, ut lubet, Ter. Hec. 511: cum reo, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79: cum aliquo, id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: cum aliquo HS ducentis millibus, id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 140: cum privatis non poterat transigi minore pecuniā, id. Att. 4, 16, 14: rem cum Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit, id. Clu. 13, 39: ut secum aliquid, quālubet condicione transigeret, id. Quint. 31, 97.— Absol. : cum debitore, Dig. 2, 15, 17.—
2 Transf., in gen.: transigere cum aliquā re, to make an end of , put an end to , be done with a thing (mostly post-Aug.): optimum visum est committere rem fortunae et transigere cum Publilio certamen, Liv. 9, 12, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.: transigite cum expeditionibus, Tac. Agr. 34: tenebris imis abscondita jam cum luce transegerat, Ap. Met. 8, 7, 18.— Impers. pass. : cum spe votoque uxoris semel transigitur, Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 1, 44.—
3 To dispose of , sell : ubi facultas est transigendi, Pall. 3, 26, 2: quod teneriores matres generant transigendum est, id. 12, 13, 8.—
C Of time, to bring to an end , to lead , pass , spend (perh. only post-Aug.; syn. ago): tempus per ostentationem aut officiorum ambitum, Tac. Agr. 18 fin. : adulescentiam per haec fere, Suet. Tib. 7: maximam aetatis partem per haec ac talia, id. Claud. 10: transacto tribuniciae potestatis tempore, id. Tib. 11: vixdum mense transacto, id. Vit. 8: placidas sine suspirio noctes, Sen. Ep. 90, 41: noctem, Suet. Calig. 59: non multum venatibus, plus per otium transigunt, Tac. G. 15: sponsalia filiae natalemque geniti nepotis silentio, Suet. Claud. 12: pios et insontes amoeno in loco dicimus perpetuitatem transacturos, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 19 med. : diem sermonibus, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 4.
X —Hence, transactus , a, um, P. a., completed , settled : exceptio transacti negotii, Dig. 2, 15, 17.—Subst.: transactum , i, n. (sc. negotium), a completed business , settlement , Dig. 2, 15, 2.