Meaning of transversus | Babel Free
[trãːsˈwɛr.sʊs]Definitions
- perfect passive participle of trānsvertō
- going or lying across, athwart, crosswise; from side to side; cross-, transverse, traverse
- crossed, thwarted
- suddenly, unexpectedly, transversely, crosswise
Equivalents
Български
напречен
Čeština
příčný
Deutsch
diagonal
quer gerichtet
quer liegend
quer-
quergerichtet
querlaufend
querliegend
schräg
transversal
Galego
transversal
Italiano
contrastato
contrastato
frustrato
frustrato
incrociasse
incrociate
incrociate
incrociato
incrociato
sbarrato
sbarrato
trasversale
traverso
traverso
traverso
한국어
가로
Polski
poprzeczny
Português
transverso
Examples
“Romani transversam invadunt hostium aciem”
The Romans assailed the enemy’s flank
“ab utroque latere eius collis transversam fossam obduxit circiter passuum CCCC”
on either side of that hill he drew a cross trench of about four hundred paces
“[…], cuius in adulescentiam per medias laudes quasi quadrigis vehentem transversa incurrit misera fortuna rei publicae.”
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CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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