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trans -grĕdior, gressus, 3, v. dep. a. and n. [gradior], to step across, step over, climb over, go or pass over, cross (class.; syn.: transeo, transcendo).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
          1. (α) Act.: pomoerium, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33: Taurum, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; 11, 20, 2; id. Att. 5, 21, 7; Liv. 39, 54, 5; 21, 24, 1; 23, 33, 2; 10, 27, 1; Vell. 2, 63; Tac. H. 1, 89; 3, 56; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 2: flumen, Caes. B. G. 2, 19: Padum, Liv. 33, 22, 4: Rhenum, Vell. 2, 120, 2: amnem Araxem ponte, Tac. A. 13, 39 fin.: paludem, Hirt. B. G. 8, 10: munitionem, Caes. B. G. 7, 46: exanimatus concidit; hunc ex proximis unus jacentem transgressus, etc., id. ib. 7, 25: colonias, to pass through, Tac. A. 3, 2.
            Absol.: transgressos (sc. flumen) omnes recipit mons, Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 10, 26, 3 (id. H. 1, 66 Dietsch).
          2. (β) Neutr.: Galli Transalpini in Italiam transgressi, Liv. 39, 45, 6: in Corsicam, to cross over, sail over, id. 42, 1, 3: in Macedoniam, Suet. Caes. 35: gens Rheno transgressa, Tac. A. 12, 27.
            Absol.: hunc Britanniae statum mediā jam aestate transgressus Agricola invenit, Tac. Agr. 18: sol transgressus in Virginem, Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 167; 2, 83, 85, § 199: Pompeius transgressus ad solis occasum, id. 7, 26, 27, § 96: transgressus ad deos Augustus, Vell. 2, 75, 3.
    2. B. In partic., to go over to another party (Tacitean): transgredior ad vos, seu me ducem sen militem mavultis, Tac. H. 4. 66: in partes Vespasiani, id. ib. 4, 39: in partes alicujus, id. Agr. 7.
  2. II. Trop. (postAug.).
          1. (α) Act.: Caesar dictator signis collatis quinquagies dimicavit, solus M. Marcellum transgressus, qui undequadragies dimicaverat, going beyond, surpassing, Plin. 7, 25, 25, § 92: mensuram, to go beyond, exceed, id. 7, 49, 50, § 160: juvenis necdum duodevicesimum transgressus annum, Vell. 2, 7, 2; Val. Max. 2, 6, 8: alicujus viri mentionem, to pass over, omit, Vell. 2, 108, 2: constantis amicitiae exemplum sine ullā ejus mentione, Val. Max. 4, 7, ext. 2: utinam hercule possem quae deinde dicenda sunt, transgredi, App. Mag. 74, p. 321, 16.
            Esp., in eccl. Lat.: mandatum Dei, to transgress, Vulg. Matt. 15, 3.
          2. (β) Neutr., to pass over, proceed: paulatim ab indecoris ad infesta transgrediebatur, Tac. A. 3, 66: possumus et ad illos brevi deverticulo transgredi, quos, etc., Val. Max. 8, 1, 5; so id. 4, 2 init.
            Note: transgressus, a, um, in a pass. sense: transgresso Apennino, Liv. 10, 27, 1 (Madv. Apenninum).