transabeo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

trans-ăbĕo, ĭi, īre, v. a. and n. (poet.).

I Act. , to go beyond , pass by : populos atque aequora longe Transabeunt, Val. Fl. 4, 510: aliquem fugā, Stat. Th. 6, 507: difficultate, Ap. Met. 8, 15, 36. — Neutr. : transabiit non hunc sitiens gravis hasta cruorem, Sil. 12, 264. —

II To go through.

A Of a weapon, to pierce through , transfix : ensis Transabiit costas, Verg. A. 9, 432: costas (ensis), Stat. Th. 2, 9: aliquem (trabs), id. ib. 9, 126.—

B Of a person: per medias acies infesti militis transabivi, Ap. Met. 7, 8, 6.

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