transeo

Latin

Etymology

From trāns (“across”) +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtran.se.oː/, [ˈt̪rä̃ːs̠eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtran.se.o/, [ˈt̪ränseo]

Verb

trānseō (present infinitive trānsīre, perfect active trānsiī or trānsīvī, supine trānsitum); irregular conjugation, irregular

to traverse, go across, pass through
Synonym: trānsmittō
to defect, go over to an adverse side or faction
Synonyms: trānsfugiō, dēscīscō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior
to pass over
Synonyms: praetereō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, peragō, intrō
to surpass, exceed
Synonyms: excellō, antecēdō, anteeō, praeēmineō
(of time) to pass, elapse
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.165–166:
  Nox ubi trānsierit, caelumque rubēscere prīmō coeperit
  When night shall have passed, and the sky shall have first begun to blush
(figuratively) to cease, pass away
Synonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, dēsinō, sistō, quiēscō, remittō, conticēscō

Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō

Conjugation

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to trānsiī, but occasionally appears as trānsīvī.

Conjugation of trānseō (irregular)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānseō	trānsīs	trānsit	trānsīmus	trānsītis	trānseunt
	imperfect	trānsībam	trānsībās	trānsībat	trānsībāmus	trānsībātis	trānsībant
	future	trānsībō	trānsībis	trānsībit	trānsībimus	trānsībitis	trānsībunt
	perfect	trānsiī, trānsīvī	trānsīstī, trānsīvistī	trānsiit, trānsīvit	trānsiimus	trānsīstis	trānsiērunt, trānsiēre
	pluperfect	trānsieram	trānsierās	trānsierat	trānsierāmus	trānsierātis	trānsierant
	future perfect	trānsierō	trānsieris	trānsierit	trānsierimus	trānsieritis	trānsierint
passive	present	trānseor	trānsīris, trānsīre	trānsītur	trānsīmur	trānsīminī	trānseuntur
	imperfect	trānsībar	trānsībāris, trānsībāre	trānsībātur	trānsībāmur	trānsībāminī	trānsībantur
	future	trānsībor	trānsīberis, trānsībere	trānsībitur	trānsībimur	trānsībiminī	trānsībuntur
	perfect	trānsitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	trānsitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	trānsitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	trānseam	trānseās	trānseat	trānseāmus	trānseātis	trānseant
	imperfect	trānsīrem	trānsīrēs	trānsīret	trānsīrēmus	trānsīrētis	trānsīrent
	perfect	trānsierim	trānsierīs	trānsierit	trānsierīmus	trānsierītis	trānsierint
	pluperfect	trānsīssem	trānsīssēs	trānsīsset	trānsīssēmus	trānsīssētis	trānsīssent
passive	present	trānsear	trānseāris, trānseāre	trānseātur	trānseāmur	trānseāminī	trānseantur
	imperfect	trānsīrer	trānsīrēris, trānsīrēre	trānsīrētur	trānsīrēmur	trānsīrēminī	trānsīrentur
	perfect	trānsitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	trānsitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	trānsī	—	—	trānsīte	—
active	future	—	trānsītō	trānsītō	—	trānsītōte	trānseuntō
passive	present	—	trānsīre	—	—	trānsīminī	—
passive	future	—	trānsītor	trānsītor	—	—	trānseuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		trānsīre	trānsīsse	trānsitūrum esse	trānsīrī	trānsitum esse	trānsitum īrī
participles		trānsiēns	—	trānsitūrus	—	trānsitus	trānseundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		trānseundī	trānseundō	trānseundum	trānseundō	trānsitum	trānsitū

Derived terms

Descendants

Bourguignon: tradzi
French: trésir
Neapolitan: tràsere, trase, trasire, trasì, trasù, trasùje
Old Occitan: trasir
- Gascon: trasí, trasá
Sicilian: tràsiri ⇒ ntràsiri
Walloon: trèsi

From *extransire:

Lombard: strasì
Portuguese: estresir

From transeunda~*transienda:

Lombard: tresanda, tresenda
- → Italian: tregenda
Neapolitan: trasonda
Old Italian: trasanna (Umbrian)
→ English: transit
→ French: transir
→ Italian: transire
→ Portuguese: transir
→ Spanish: transir

References

“transeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“transeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
transeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
transeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to wade across, to ford a river: flumen vado transire
- time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
- to pass the limit: modum transire
- the command is transferred, passes to some one: imperium transfertur ad aliquem (not transit)
transeo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “transīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 206