transadigo

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

trans-ădĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.,

to thrust through , pierce through (poet. and in post - Aug. prose; syn. traicio): costas et crates pectoris ensem, Verg. A. 12, 508; so, gladium per medium pectus, Ap. Met. 4, 11, 20; ferrum sub papillam dexteram, id. ib. 8, 14, 3; horum unum ad medium ... Transadigit costas, Verg. A. 12, 276; so, aliquem ferro, Stat. Th. 5, 125: aliquem jaculo, Sil. 10, 141: injecta lancea alterum per pectus medium transadegit, Ap. Met. 9, 37, 20.

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