passage Copy link Outline I. Act of passing or crossing1. transĭtus, ūs2. transĭtio (= preced.; but infreq.)3. transgressio (= precedd.)4. transmissio (by water)5. trājectio (esp. like preced., across the water)6. expr. by verb7. freq. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n., may serveII. Liberty to pass throughIII. MigrationIV. A way or route by which to pass from one country to another (by sea)V. A communication between two places1. transĭtio (thoroughfare)2. ĭterVI. A path by which anything finds exit or access; esp. in the body1. ĭter2. meātus, ūsVII. Portion of a book • passage: I. Act of passing or crossing: 1. transĭtus, ūs: the p. (of the Alps) by the Carthaginians, tr. Poenorum, Liv. 21, 38, fin.: so Tenchtherorum tr., Caes. B. G. 5, 55 (p. of the Rhine by the Tenchtheri): but also (later), Alpium tr. Tac. H. 1, 70 (in Liv. 21, 23, init., transitus Alpium = the passes of the Alps). 2. transĭtio (= preced.; but infreq.): to effect its (the sun's) p. into another sign, in aliud signum tr. facere, Vitr. 9, 1 (4), 11. 3. transgressio (= precedd.): the p. of the Gauls (over the Alps), tr. Gallorum, Cic. in Pis. 33, 81. 4. transmissio (by water): your former p., superior tua tr. (= navigatio), Cic. Att. 4, 17, init. 5. trājectio (esp. like preced., across the water): Cic. Att. 8, 15. Also in same sense (oftener in sense IV.), trajectus, ūs: he twice encountered a storm on his p., tempestate in trajectu bis conflictatus, Suet. Aug. 17, med. 6. expr. by verb: the p. of the Alps being effected in 15 days, quinto decimo die Alpibus superatis, Liv. 21, 38, init.: by what route he effected the p. of the Alps, quanam Alpes transierit, ib. med.: during his p. of the Apennines, he encountered a violent storm, transeuntem Apenninum atrox adorta tempestas est, id. 21, 58, init.: everything being got ready for the p. (of the river), omnibus satis comparatis ad trajiciendum, id. 21, 27, init.: v. to cross (over), pass. 7. freq. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n., may serve: to effect a p. through the province, iter per provinciam facere, Caes. B. G. 1, 7: v. march, journey. II. Liberty to pass through: Phr.: to allow any one a p., alicui [per agros urbesque] transitum dare, Liv. 21, 20, init.: iter alicui [per provinciam] dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 8; facultatem [per provinciam] itineris faciendi dare, ib. 1, 7: to afford an army a p. through territory, exercitum per fines transmittere, Liv. 21, 24. III. Migration: Phr.: birds of p., (aves) advĕnae: the storks are winter birds of p., the cranes summer ones, ciconiae hiemis, grues aestatis advenae, Plin. 10, 23, 31: Varr. R. R. 3, 5, med.: as a class, genus (avium) adventicium, Varr. l. c.: the thrush is a bird of p., turdi quotannis in [Italiam] trans mare advolant, et eodem revolant, Varr. l. c. (the whole passage is marked as an interpolation in Bipont. Ed.). IV. A way or route by which to pass from one country to another (by sea): trājectus, ūs: the shortest p. to Britain, brevissimus tr. in Britanniam, Caes. B. G. 4, 21: most convenient p., tr. commodissimus, ib. 5, 2. V. A communication between two places: 1. transĭtio (thoroughfare): more fully, tr. pervia, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, init.: cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 453, where pervius usus tectorum inter se, denotes a p. by which two dwellings communicate with each other. 2. ĭter: Vitr. 6, 6 (9), fin. (where the term itinera is applied to the corridors and passages in a house, generally). Phr.: to open a p. into a house, aedes pervias facere, cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 14. VI. A path by which anything finds exit or access; esp. in the body: 1. ĭter: the urinary p., urinae i., Cels. 7, 26, 1: the p. for the voice, vocis i., Virg. Aen. 7, 534. 2. meātus, ūs: the auditory passages, audiendi m., Plin. 28, 13, 55. In same sense (less good), transitus: id. 23, 2, 28 (auditūs tr.). VII. Portion of a book: lŏcus; pl. usu. loci; less freq. loca: to learn by heart select p.s from the poets, electos ex poetis l. ediscere, Quint. 1, 1, 36: ib. 1, 11, 12, etc.: we repeat p.s without being encored, loca jam recitata revolvimus irrevocati, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 223.