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.