pass away Copy link Outline I. Of time; to take its departure1. ăbeo, 4, irr.2. cēdo, ssi, ssum, 33. transeo, 4, irr. (rare in exactly this sense)4. lābor, psus, 3 (to glide away imperceptibly5. pass. of consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to take up time)II. To come to an end1. transeo, 42. intĕreo, pĕreo, occīdo • pass away: I. Of time; to take its departure: 1. ăbeo, 4, irr.: that year p.'d away, abiit ille annus, Cic. Sext. 33, 71: Ter.: Hor. (Not praetereo in exactly this sense: v. to pass by.) 2. cēdo, ssi, ssum, 3: hours and days and months and years p. away, horae c., et dies, et menses, et anni, Cic. Sen. 19, 69. So comp., prōcedo, 3 (esp. when a part of a given time is spoken of as gone): when a good part of the night had p.'d away, ubi plerumque noctis processerat, Sall. Jug. 21. 3. transeo, 4, irr. (rare in exactly this sense): life will p. away, transiet aetas, Tib. 1, 4, 27: v. to pass (B, II.). 4. lābor, psus, 3 (to glide away imperceptibly: poet.): Hor. Od. 2, 14, 2 (fugaces l. anni): Ov. 5. pass. of consūmo, mpsi, mptum, 3 (to take up time): v. to consume (II.), spend. Phr.: to let one day after another p. away, diem ex die ducere, Caes. B. G. 1, 16. II. To come to an end: 1. transeo, 4: an empire soon to p. away, imperium brevi transiturum, Tac. H. 1, 52, fin. 2. intĕreo, pĕreo, occīdo: v. to perish.