Lewis & Short

transvectĭo or trāvectĭo, ōnis, f. [transveho], a passing over or across, crossing; a carrying or transporting past.

  1. I. In gen.: travectio Acherontis, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: saxorum, Plin. Pan. 51, 1.
  2. * II. In partic., in publicists’ lang., a riding past of the Roman knights before the censor, a review: reducto more transvectionis, Suet. Aug. 38 (cf. Liv. 9, 46, 15; Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19; Val. Max. 2, 2 fin.; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 32).