verb transitive

trans-ădĭgo

2nd PP trans-ădĭgere · 3rd PP trans-ădĭgēgi · 4th PP transactum · conj. 3rd

to thrust through; pierce through poetic ••

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, App. M. 4, p. 147: ferrum sub papillam dexteram, id. ib. 8, p. 207: 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, App. M. 9, p. 234, 37.

Perseus ID: n48745 Key: transadigo