(verb) : transĭlĭo or trans-sĭlĭo, īvi or ŭi (the former in Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38; Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9; the latter in Ov. F. 4, 727; Liv. 1, 7, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3; Flor. 3, 3, 12 al.;
* Transilii,Sen. Ep. 39, 5), 4, and a. [salio], to leap, jump, or spring across, to leap over, spring over, etc. (class.).
* Lit.
* Neutr.: illac per hortum transilivit ad nos,Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38: de muro ad nos, Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3: transilire ex humilioribus in altiorem navem,Liv. 30, 25, 6: in hostium naves, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 4: per Thraciam, Macedoniam et Graeciam,i. e. to hasten through,Flor. 3, 5, 25: hinc in Aegyptum subito,id. 4, 2, 6.
* Trop.
* In partic., to go quickly over to, hasten to join a party: eadem aetas Neronis principatu ad Thessalum transilivit,Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9.
* Neutr., to hasten, make haste, pass rapidly (very rare): ad ornamenta ea (i. e. aureos anulos) etiam servitute liberati transiliunt,Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33: onyx in gemmam transilit ex lapide Caramaniae,the name Onyx passed over, was transferred,id. 37, 6, 24, § 90 dub. (v. Jan. ad loc.).
* Act. (class.): transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,to skip over, neglect,Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160: ne rem unam pulcherrimam transiliat oratio,to pass by, omil,id. Phil. 2, 33, 84: quid est in principatu tuo quod cujusquam praedicatio vel transilire vel praetervehi debeat?Plin. Pan. 56, 2: non transilivi principis nostri consulatum,id. ib. 56, 66: proxima pars vitae transilienda meae,Ov. P. 1, 2, 146: ne quis modici transiliat munera Liberi,i. e. enjoy to excess,Hor. C. 1, 18, 7.