across Copy link Outline I. Prep.1. trans (with acc.)2. transversus (in agr. with that which crosses or is crossed)II. Adv.1. transversus (in agr. with the subs. to which it refers)2. trans, in comp. with a verb • across: I. Prep.: 1. trans (with acc.): to lead a multitude of men a. the Rhine, hominum multitudinem t. Rhenum transducere, Caes.: they hasten a. the sea, t. mare currunt, Hor.: to purchase gardens a. the Tiber, t. Tiberim hortos parare, Cic. 2. transversus (in agr. with that which crosses or is crossed): we saw Manilius walking a. the forum, Manilium nos vidimus transverso ambulantem foro, Cic.: I come now to that line which is written a. at the end of your letter, nunc venio ad transversum illum extremae epistolae tuae versiculum, Cic.: he will make a black mark upon the unpolished verses by drawing his pen across them, versibus incomptis allinet atrum transverso calamo signum, Hor. II. Adv.: 1. transversus (in agr. with the subs. to which it refers): to carry a moat a., transversam fossam ducere, Caes.: to rush a. against (fig.), transversus incurrere, Cic. Esp. as adv. phrase, in transversum (cf. in obliquum, obliquely, q. v.): a peninsula stretching a. in the form of a sword, paeninsula ad formam gladii in tr. porrecta, Plin.: the stone is marked a. with a white line, gemma in tr. alba linea praecingitur, Plin.: also poet. transversă: v. athwart. 2. trans, in comp. with a verb: as, to go a., transire, transgredi, etc.: for which see to go, etc.