I. Lit., a going over to the enemy, desertion (very rare): “ut transfugia impeditiora essent,” Liv. 22, 43, 5: “crebra, ut in civili bello,” Tac. H. 2, 34; 4, 70; id. A. 2, 46. —
II. Transf.: “sacrarii,” a migrating to Rome, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 503: “ad Christum de circumcisione,” conversion, Sid. Ep. 8, 13.