transeo

Latin

Etymology

From trāns (“across”) +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrãː.se.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ran.se.o]

Verb

trānseō (present infinitive trānsīre, perfect active trānsiī or trānsīvī, supine trānsitum); irregular conjugation

to traverse, go across, pass through
Synonym: trānsmittō
to defect, go over (to an adverse side or faction)
Synonyms: trānsfugiō, dēscīscō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior
to pass over or to pass by
Synonyms: praetereō, trānsgredior, superō, praeferō, peragō, intrō
to transcend, surpass, exceed
Synonyms: excellō, antecēdō, anteeō, praeēmineō
(of time) to pass, elapse
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.165–166:
  Nox ubi trānsierit, caelumque rubēscere prīmō coeperit
  When night shall have passed, and the sky shall have first begun to blush
(figuratively) to cease, pass away
Synonyms: cessō, subsistō, dēsistō, dēsinō, sistō, quiēscō, remittō, conticēscō

Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō

Conjugation

Irregular conjugation, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to trānsiī, but occasionally appears as trānsīvī.

Conjugation of trānseō (irregular conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	trānseō	trānsīs		trānsit	trānsīmus	trānsītis		trānseunt
	imperfect	trānsībam	trānsībās		trānsībat	trānsībāmus	trānsībātis		trānsībant
	future	trānsībō	trānsībis		trānsībit	trānsībimus	trānsībitis		trānsībunt
	perfect	trānsiī, trānsīvī	trānsīstī, trānsīvistī		trānsiit, trānsīvit	trānsiimus	trānsīstis		trānsiērunt, trānsiēre
	pluperfect	trānsieram	trānsierās		trānsierat	trānsierāmus	trānsierātis		trānsierant
	future perfect	trānsierō	trānsieris		trānsierit	trānsierimus	trānsieritis		trānsierint
passive	present	trānseor	trānsīris, trānsīre		trānsītur	trānsīmur	trānsīminī		trānseuntur
	imperfect	trānsībar	trānsībāris, trānsībāre		trānsībātur	trānsībāmur	trānsībāminī		trānsībantur
	future	trānsībor	trānsīberis, trānsībere		trānsībitur	trānsībimur	trānsībiminī		trānsībuntur
	perfect	trānsitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	trānsitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	trānsitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	trānseam	trānseās		trānseat	trānseāmus	trānseātis		trānseant
	imperfect	trānsīrem	trānsīrēs		trānsīret	trānsīrēmus	trānsīrētis		trānsīrent
	perfect	trānsierim	trānsierīs		trānsierit	trānsierīmus	trānsierītis		trānsierint
	pluperfect	trānsīssem	trānsīssēs		trānsīsset	trānsīssēmus	trānsīssētis		trānsīssent
passive	present	trānsear	trānseāris, trānseāre		trānseātur	trānseāmur	trānseāminī		trānseantur
	imperfect	trānsīrer	trānsīrēris, trānsīrēre		trānsīrētur	trānsīrēmur	trānsīrēminī		trānsīrentur
	perfect	trānsitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	trānsitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	trānsī		—	—	trānsīte		—
active	future	—	trānsītō		trānsītō	—	trānsītōte		trānseuntō
passive	present	—	trānsīre		—	—	trānsīminī		—
passive	future	—	trānsītor		trānsītor	—	—		trānseuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		trānsīre		trānsīrī		trānsiēns		—
future		trānsitūrum esse		trānsitum īrī		trānsitūrus		trānseundus
perfect		trānsīsse		trānsitum esse		—		trānsitus
future perfect		—		trānsitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		trānsitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		trānseundī	trānseundō		trānseundum	trānseundō	trānsitum		trānsitū

Derived terms

trānseunter
trānsitus

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: trasire (archaic, regional)
- Neapolitan: trasire, trasì
- Sicilian: tràsiri, ⇒ ntràsiri
Gallo-Romance:
- Old French:
  - Bourguignon: tradzi
  - French: trésir (dialectal)
  - Walloon: trèsi
- Old Occitan: trasir
  - Gascon: trasí, trasá
⇒ Vulgar Latin:
- *extrānsīre
  - Lombard: strasì
  - Portuguese: estresir
- *trānseunda
  - Italo-Romance:
    - Neapolitan: trasonda
    - Old Italian: trasanna (Umbrian)
  - Gallo-Italic:
    - Lombard: tresanda, tresenda
    - → Italian: tregenda

Borrowings:

→ English: transit
→ French: transir
→ Italian: transire
→ Portuguese: transir
→ Spanish: transir

References

“transeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“transeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“transeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
transeo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to wade across, to ford a river: flumen vado transire
- time passes: tempus praeterit, transit
- to pass the limit: modum transire
- the command is transferred, passes to some one: imperium transfertur ad aliquem (not transit)
transeo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “transīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 206