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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈtrãː.sɪ.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈtran.si.tus]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''trānsitus''' ''m'' (genitive trānsitūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[trānseō]] “to go across” with the suffix [[-itus]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis and Short's and Gaffiot's earliest example is Cicero's passage of a ditch, and the OLD cites Caesar.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant crossing over, passage, as Cicero's ditch and Caesar's crossing hindered by a river, in Pliny an official journey, and ''in trānsitū'' in passing, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Ovid it meant the movement of things through, in Pliny the Elder a crossing place, and in Seneca a channel.^(OLD 2012) In Ovid it meant transition from one state to another, in Tacitus a change of sides, and in Celsus and Quintilian a transition in speech, a musical interval, and in Varro an inflection.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant passing over, passage, transition, change.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for death and the anniversary of a death.^(Niermeyer 1976) It was borrowed into Italian ''transito'' and French ''transit'', and [[en|transit]] came in the mid-15th century, “passageway”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of crossing a ditch.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of crossing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of transition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''transit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # Crossing, passage, ''in trānsitū'', in passing.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Movement through; a crossing place; a channel.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Transition]]; a change of sides.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A transition in speech; a musical interval; an inflection.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Death.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[trānseō]]
+ * [[en|transit]]
+ * [[en|transition]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}