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.