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.
fly over Copy link Outline 1. transvŏlo, 12. sŭpervŏlo, 1 (to f. above, quite over) • fly over, or across: 1. transvŏlo, 1: partridges do not f. across the boundaries of Boeotia, perdices non tr. fines Boeotiae, Plin. 10, 29, 41. Fig.: to f. across the Alps, Alpes tr., Asin. Poll. in Cic. Fam. 10, 31, med. 2. sŭpervŏlo, 1 (to f. above, quite over): he (Perseus) f.s over the whole globe, toto s. orbe, Ov.: Plin. Fig.: the spear f.s over (him), s. hasta, Virg., Frequent., supervolito, to f. over often, hover over, Virg. E. 6, 81.
ACROSS Copy link • ACROSS 1. adv., in transversum; ex or de transverso; per transversum. Something comes across my mind, aliquid mihi de improviso objicitur. Crosswise, Vid: To shake hands across, alicujus manus decussatim constringere. 2. preposition, transitive, To march an army across the Rhone, trajicere exercitum Rhodanum or trans Rhodanum.