rĕ-grĕdĭor

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).

Lit.

In gen.

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).—

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.—

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.—

Trop. (postAug.). [p. 1891]

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.—

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.

► transgressus, a, um, in a pass. sense:

transgresso Apennino,

Liv. 10, 27, 1 (Madv. Apenninum).