transverso

Updated: May 2, 2025

A nephew, Gian Antonio, whose name occurs in several of his uncle's letters is described by the latter as licet ex transverso natus; he served under Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, and finally, despite his bar sinister, married a daughter of Francesco, of the illustrious Milanese family of Pepoli.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera