Lewis & Short

* 2. transcensus, ūs, m. [transcendo],

  1. I. a climbing over, surmounting: scalarum, Amm. 19, 5, 6; a crossing, Vulg. Isa. 16, 2.
  2. II. Trop., a transition: ad meliora, Hier. Ep. 119, 10.