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transfreto

transfreto · v. n

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What it meant

trans-frĕto — Lewis & Short

trans-frĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I a. [fretum], to cross a strait, pass over the sea (post-Aug.).
I Lit.
(a) Neutr.: quam primum transfretaturi (Brundisium), Suet. Caes. 34; cf. Gell. 10, 26, 1; Amm. 22, 6, 4; Vulg. Luc. 8, 22.—
(b) Act.: transfretabantur in dies noctesque navibus ratibusque, were ferried over, put across, Amm. 31, 4, 5.— *
II Trop.: vitae conversationem sine gubernaculo rationis transfretantes, i. e. passing through, Tert. Poen. 1.

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