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Latin
Etymology
From trāns- (“across”) + saliō (“jump, leap”).
Pronunciation
Verb
trānsiliō (present infinitive trānsilīre, perfect active trānsiluī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to jump over, leap across
- Synonyms: saliō, assiliō, prōsiliō, exsiliō, īnsultō, exsultō
- (rare) to hasten, go quickly
Conjugation
References
- “transilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “transilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- transilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.