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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=transenna transennae N F :: lattice-work, grating
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>transenna</b>: (trāsenna), ae, f. (orig. perh. [[plaited]] [[work]]; [[hence]]),<br /><b>I</b> a [[noose]], springe, [[net]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nunc]] ab transennā hic [[turdus]] lumbricum petit, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 22: in transennā demissum Vietoriae [[simulacrum]], Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 180. 21, and ap. Macr. S. 2, 9 (Hist. 2, 23, 3); so Amm. 20, 11, 22; 25, 6, 14; cf.: [[transenna]] [[βρόχος]] ἐν ἀφετηρίαις τεταμένος,> Gloss. Philox.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A netting, [[lattice]]-[[work]] (cf.: [[cancelli]], [[fenestra]]): [[quasi]] per transennam praetereuntes [[strictim]] aspeximus, as if [[through]] a [[lattice]], [[while]] [[passing]], Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 162.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[snare]], [[trap]] (Plautinian): hunc ego hominem [[hodie]] in transennam doctis ducam dolis, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 11; cf. id. Rud. 4, 7, 10 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>trānsenna</b>,¹⁶ æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> lacet, lacs, filet : Pl. Bacch. 792 ; Sall. d. Non. 180, 21 ; Amm. 20, 11, 22 &#124;&#124; [fig.] Pl. Pers. 48<br /><b>2</b> treillage, grillage : [[quasi]] [[per]] transennam aspicere Cic. de Or. 1, 162, regarder comme à travers un grillage. [[trasenna]] Pl. Pers. 480.
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{{Georges
|georg=trānsenna, ae, f., I) das [[Netz]], zum [[Vogelfang]] usw., 1) eig.: ab [[transenna]] [[turdus]] lumbricum petit, Plaut.: transennā demissum Victoriae [[simulacrum]], Sall. fr.: [[tamquam]] e [[transenna]] [[simul]] emissi, Amm. – 2) bildl., das [[Netz]], der [[Fallstrick]], hominem in transennam ducam dolis, Plaut.: in aetate hominum plurimae fiunt transennae, Plaut. – II) das [[Netz]] [[oder]] [[Gitter]] [[als]] Vermachung, [[quasi]] per transennam aspicere, [[nur]] [[obenhin]], Cic. de or. 1, 162. – / In guten Hdschrn. [[des]] [[Plautus]] [[trasenna]] u. trassenna geschrieben, s. Ritschl Plaut. Pers. 480.
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