trans-verto, ti, sum, 3, v. a., to turn or direct across or athwart (post-class.).
I Lit.: ut quae defensio fuerat, eadem in accusationem transverteretur, should be turned , converted , Ap. Mag. p. 325, 33: eorum consilia hac atque illac variā cogitatione, to turn over , Firm. Math. 6, 15.—
II Transf., to turn away , avert : inimica, Arn. 7, 219: fortes meos, Tert. Praescr. 37. — Hence, transversus ( -vorsus ) or trāver-sus , a, um, P. a., turned across; hence, going or lying across , athwart , crosswise; cross- , transverse , traverse (freq. and class.).
A Lit.: viae, cross-streets , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 119: tramites, Liv. 2, 39, 3: limites, id. 22, 12, 2: fossa, Caes. B. G. 2, 8: fossas viis praeducit, id. B. C. 1, 27: vallum, id. ib. 3, 63: tigna, id. ib. 2, 9: transversosque volare per imbres fulmina cernis, Lucr. 2, 213; cf.: nubila portabunt venti transversa per auras, id. 6, 190: Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro, across the forum , Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: taleae ne plus quattuor digitos transversos emineant, four fingers across , four finger-breadths , Cato ap. Plin. 17, 18, 29, § 126; cf. prov.: si hercle tu ex isto loco Digitum transversum aut unguem latum excesseris, a fingerbreadth , Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18; so, digitus, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 18, 58 (v. digitus); for which, also: discedere a rectā conscientiā traversum unguem, id. Att. 13, 20, 4: (versibus) incomptis allinet atrum Transverso calamo signum, Hor. A. P. 447: ut transversus mons sulcetur, Col. 2, 4, 10: plurimum refert, concava sint (specula), an elata; transversa, an obliqua, Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 129. —
2 Neutr. as subst.: transversum , i, a cross direction or position , only with prepp. adv. , crosswise , transversely , etc.: non prorsus, verum ex transverso cedit, quasi cancer solet, obliquely , sideways , Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45: e transverso vacefit locus, Lucr. 6, 1018: paeninsula ad formam gladii in transversum porrecta, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 83: in transversum positae (arbores), id. 16, 42, 81, § 222: aratione per transversum iteratā, id. 18, 20, 49, § 180; so id. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. saepe traversa): collectus pluvialis aquae transversum secans, intersecting diagonally , Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes.; cf. poet. in plur.: (venti) mutati transversa fremunt, at right angles to their former direction , Verg. A. 5, 19; so id. E. 3, 8; Val. Fl. 2, 154; Stat. Th. 1, 348.—
B Trop.: transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae, crossed , thwarted , Cic. Brut. 97, 331: cum coepit transversos agere felicitas, i. e. to lead aside or astray , Sen. Ep. 8, 3: transversum judicem ferre, Quint. 10, 1, 110; Plin. 9, 17, 31, § 67; 28, 1, 1, § 1. —
2 Neutr. as subst.: transversum , i, n., only with prepp. adv. : ecce autem de transverso L. Caesar, ut veniam ad se, rogat, i. e. contrary to expectation , unexpectedly , Cic. Att. 15, 4, 5: ecce tibi iste de transverso, Heus, inquit, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14; for which: quod non exspectes, ex transverso fit, Petr. 55: haec calamitas ex transverso accidit, Scrib. Comp. 231.—Hence, advv.
1 transversē ( -vorsē ), crosswise , transversely , obliquely : transverse describantur horae in columellā, Vitr. 9, 9, 7; Cels. 5, 26, 24; Veg. 2, 5, 1.—
2 transversim , transversely , crosswise : obliquatis manibus, Tert. Bapt. 8.