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transvectĭo or trāvectĭo , ōnis, f. transveho,
I.a passing over or across, crossing; a carrying or transporting past.
I. In gen.: travectio Acherontis, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: “saxorum,” Plin. Pan. 51, 1.—*
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).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 38
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 15.19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 46
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.5
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 2.2
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