trāmĕs (noun M) : akin to trans, and Gr. τέρμα, goal.
* Lit., a cross - way, sideway, by-path, foot-path (cf. semita): domum ire coepi tramite, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 62 Müll.: egressus est non viis, sed tramitibus, paludatus,Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 19: in Apennini tramitibus,id. ib. 12, 11, 26: per tramites occulte perfugeret,Sall. C. 57, 1: per tramites occultos,id. J. 48, 2: transvorsis tramitibus transgressus,Liv. 2, 39, 3; Suet. Caes. 31: per devios tramites refugiens,id. Aug. 16; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 44; 3 (4), 22, 24; Verg. A. 11, 515 al.
* Transf.
* Trop., a way of life, way, course, method, manner: (Epicurus) viam monstravit, tramite parvo Qua possemus ad id recto contendere cursu, Lucr. 6, 27: ab aequitatis recto tramite deviare,Amm. 22, 10, 2: augustissimus ad immortalitatis praemium,Lact. 5, 18, 11 al.
* Branches of a family, Gell. 13, 19, 15.