cross (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Placed across1. transversus2. transversāriusII. Adverse, alternate, contraryIII. Ill-tempered • cross (adj.): I. Placed across: 1. transversus: c. roads, t. viae, Cic.: c. beams, t. tigna, Caes. 2. transversārius: c. beams, t. tigna, or simply transversaria, Vitr. II. Adverse, alternate, contrary: Phr.: c. circumstances, res adversae: v. adversity: c. challenging of jurymen, alterna judicum rejectio, Cic.: to be at c. purposes, imprudentes inter se adversari: v. adverse, etc. III. Ill-tempered: diffĭcĭlis, ămārus, mōrōsus: v. ill-tempered, peevish. Phr.: to be c. with oneself, secum stomachari, Cic.: v. VEXED (to be).