transĭtus (noun M) : transeo
* A going over, passing over, passage (class.; syn. trajectus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: fossae,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: flumine impeditus transitus,Hirt. B. G. 8, 20; 8, 13; Caes. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 7; 7, 57; Liv. 21, 20, 2; 28, 1, 1; Tac. A. 15, 10; id. H. 1, 70; 3, 59; 4, 65; Just. 1, 8, 2; 15, 4, 12: in urbem nostram Junonis,removal,Val. Max. 1, 8, 3.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* A passing over, desertion to another party: facilis ad proximos et validiores,Tac. H. 1, 76: transitūs mora,id. Agr. 38: ad Vitellium,id. H. 1, 76: in alienam familiam,a passing over, adoption into,Gell. 5, 19, 8.
* Law t. t., a transfer of possession, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 20.
* A passing over, passing away: tempestatis,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2.
* A passing by: capta in transitu urbs Ninos,Tac. A. 12, 13.
* In gen., a passing over, passing, change: in illo a pueritiā ad adulescentiam transitu,Quint. 11, 3, 28: opportunos magnis conatibus transitus rerum,revolutions,Tac. H. 1, 21.
* In partic.
* A means of passing, a transition from one step to another: medius quidem gradus, nihil ipse significans sed praebens transitum,Quint. 8, 6, 38: in figuras alias,Plin. 11, 36, 43, § 120. — Of the transition of colors in shading, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 37, 2, 8, § 21; Ov. M. 6, 66.—Of transition in sound, Quint. 12, 10, 68.
* In speaking.
* A transition: hinc erit ad alia transitus,Quint. 7, 6, 5: ad diversa,id. 9, 3, 65: μεταβολή, id est transitus in aliud genus rhythmi, id. 9, 4, 50: in Armeniam transitum facimus,Just. 42, 2, 7.—In plur.: unde venusti transitus fiunt,Quint. 9, 2, 61.
* In transitu, in passing, by the way: quae leviter in transitu attigeram,Quint. 7, 3, 27: in transitu aliquid tractare,id. 6, 2, 2: in transitu non omittemus,id. 2, 10, 15.

transĭtus, a, um, Part. of transeo.