verb transitive intransitive

trans-frĕto

2nd PP trans-frĕtāre · 3rd PP trans-frĕtāvi · 4th PP trans-frĕtātum · conj. 1st

to cross a strait

[fretum], to cross a strait, pass over the sea (post-Aug.).

Neutr •

Neutr.: quam primum transfretaturi (Brundisium), Suet. Caes. 34; cf. Gell. 10, 26, 1; Amm. 22, 6, 4; Vulg. Luc. 8, 22.—

Act.: transfretabantur in dies noctesque navibus ratibusque, were ferried over,… •

Act.: transfretabantur in dies noctesque navibus ratibusque, were ferried over, put across, Amm. 31, 4, 5.— *

figuratively •

Trop.: vitae conversationem sine gubernaculo rationis transfretantes, i. e. passing through, Tert. Poen. 1.

Perseus ID: n48793 Key: transfreto