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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtrãː.se.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtran.se.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''trānseō''' (present infinitive trānsīre, perfect active trānsiī or trānsīvī, supine trānsitum); irregular conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[trāns-]] “across” and [[eō]] “to go”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) An inscription has ⟨trās-⟩.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Naevius, of crossing over.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cross over from one place to another, as Caesar's ''in Galliam trānsīre'', and in Cicero to cross a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Cicero it meant of qualities to pass to another place, in Seneca of ownership to pass to another person, and in Plautus to go over to the other side, change allegiance.^(OLD 2012) It meant to move on to another practice, condition or subject, as in Varro, and in Ovid to be transformed.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to pass through a region, in Cato of things to pass through, and in Plautus to pierce.^(OLD 2012) In Lucretius it meant to go through a period, in Propertius to pass by, in Virgil to overtake, and in Cicero to overstep limits and to ignore, and in Virgil to omit.^(OLD 2012) From Afranius it meant to pass away, and in Cicero of time to go by.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to pass through, go across, depart.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in archaic Italian ''trasire'', and French ''transir'' is a borrowing.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''trānsitus'' gave [[en|transit]] in the mid-15th century.^(Etymonline) Wiktionary also lists [[en|trance]] among its descendants.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of crossing over.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of changing sides.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of crossing a river.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''transit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To cross over; to cross.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pass to another place or owner.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To go over to the other side.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To move on (to another condition or subject).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be transformed.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pass through; to pierce.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To go through (a period, a series).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pass by; to overtake; to [[m|en|surpass]]; to overstep.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pass over, ignore; to omit.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To pass away; of time, to go by.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[pertrānseō]]
+ * [[trānsitiō]]
+ * [[transitor]]
+ * [[trānsitōrius]]
+ * [[trānsitus]]
+ * [[supertrānseō]]
+ * [[trānseunter]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[eō]]
+ * [[en|transit]]
+ * [[en|transition]]
+ * [[en|trance]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}