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transfreto

trans-frĕto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [fretum], to cross a strait, pass over the sea (post-Aug.).
  • I Lit.
          • α Neutr.: quam primum transfretaturi (Brundisium), Suet. Caes. 34; cf. Gell. 10, 26, 1; Amm.22, 6, 4; Vulg. Luc. 8, 22.—
          • β 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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