transcendo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

trānscendō dī, —, ere

trans + scando, to climb over, pass over, cross, overstep, surmount : in hostium navīs, Cs.: in finīs hostium, L.: per Vescinos in Campaniam, L.: vallīs, Cs.: Alpīs.— Fig., to pass over, pass by, overstep, transcend, transgress, violate : mos . . . iudicium . . . haec transcendere non potes, L.

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