traiectio
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trājectĭo: ōnis, f. traicio.
I Lit., a crossing over, passing over, passage: trajectiones incendiorum, Vitr. 2, 9 fin.: honestior existimatur trajectio, i. e. the going over sea to Pompey, Cic. Att. 8, 15, 2: trajectiones motusque stellarum, the shootings over, i. e., concr., shooting-stars, meteors, id. Div. 1, 1, 2; so, stellae trajectio, id. ib. 2, 6, 16.—
II Trop., of language.
A A transposition of words, Auct. Her. 4, 32, 44; Cic. Or. 69, 230; Quint. 8, 2, 14.—
B Exaggeration, hyperbole: tum augendi minuendive causā veritatis superlatio atque trajectio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203: superlatio veritatis et trajectio, Quint. 9, 2, 3.—
C A throwing or putting off upon another: in alium, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204.
