I.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.
