(verb) : trans-mitto or trāmitto, mīsi, missum, 3
* To send, carry, or convey across, over, or through; to send off, despatch, transmit from one place or person to another (syn.: transfero, traicio, traduco).
* Lit.: mihi illam ut tramittas: argentum accipias,Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 27: illam sibi,id. ib. 1, 2, 52: exercitus equitatusque celeriter transmittitur (i. e. trans flumen),are conveyed across,Caes. B. G. 7, 61: legiones,Vell. 2, 51, 1: cohortem Usipiorum in Britanniam,Tac. Agr. 28: classem in Euboeam ad urbem Oreum,Liv. 28, 5, 18: magnam classem in Siciliam,id. 28, 41, 17: unde auxilia in Italiam transmissurus erat,id. 23, 32, 5; 27, 15, 7: transmissum per viam tigillum, thrown over or across, id. 1, 26, 10: ponte transmisso,Suet. Calig. 22 fin.: in partem campi pecora et armenta, Tac. A. 13, 55: materiam in formas,Col. 7, 8, 6.
* To go or pass over or across, to cross over; to cross, pass, go through, traverse, etc.
* Trop.
* To carry over, transfer, etc.: bellum in Italiam,Liv. 21, 20, 4; so, bellum,Tac. A. 2, 6: vitia cum opibus suis Romam (Asia),Just. 36, 4, 12: vim in aliquem, to send against, i. e. employ against, Tac. A. 2, 38.
* To hand over, transmit, commit: et quisquam dubitabit, quin huic hoc tantum bellum transmittendum sit, qui, etc.,should be intrusted,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42: alicui signa et summam belli,Sil. 7, 383: hereditas transmittenda alicui,to be made over,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7; and with inf.: et longo transmisit habere nepoti,Stat. S. 3, 3, 78 (analog. to dat habere, Verg. A. 9, 362; and, donat habere,id. ib. 5, 262); for which: me famulo famulamque Heleno transmisit habendam,id. ib. 3, 329: omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi,should be devoted,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1: poma intacta ore servis,Tac. A. 4, 54.
* To let go: animo transmittente quicquid acceperat, letting pass through, i. e. forgetting, Sen. Ep. 99, 6: mox Caesarem vergente jam senectā munia imperii facilius tramissurum,would let go, resign,Tac. A. 4, 41: Junium mensem transmissum,passed over, omitted,id. ib. 16, 12fin.: Gangen amnem et quae ultra essent,to leave unconquered,Curt. 9, 4, 17: leo imbelles vitulos Transmittit,Stat. Th. 8, 596.
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop. (post-Aug.).
* In partic., to go over, desert to a party: Domitius transmisit ad Caesa rem,Vell. 2, 84 fin. (syn. transfugio).
* In gen., to pass over, leave untouched or disregarded (syn praetermitto): haud fas, Bacche, tuos taci tum tramittere honores,Sil. 7, 162; cf.: sententiam silentio, deinde oblivio,Tac. H. 4, 9 fin.: nihil silentio,id. ib. 1, 13; 4, 31: aliquid dissimulatione,id. A. 13, 39: quae ipse pateretur,Suet. Calig. 10; id. Vesp. 15.
* In partic., of time, to pass, spend (syn. ago): tempus quiete,Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 1: so, vitam per obscurum,Sen. Ep. 19, 2: steriles annos, Stat. S. 4, 2, 12: aevum,id. ib. 1, 4, 124: quattuor menses hiemis inedia,Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 94: vigiles noctes,Stat. Th. 3, 278 et saep. — Transf.: febrium ardorem,i. e. to undergo, endure,Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 7; cf. discrimen,id. ib. 8, 11, 2: secessus, voluptates, etc.,id. ib. 6, 4, 2.