verb transitive

transvĕho

2nd PP trans-vĕhere · 3rd PP trans-vexi · 4th PP trans-vectum · conj. 3rd

to carry; conduct; convey across

to carry, conduct, or convey across or over; to transport (syn.: transporto, transmitto).

literal

quid militum transvexisset, Caes. B. C. 3, 29: exercitum in Britanniam, Suet.… in general ••

In gen.: quid militum transvexisset, Caes. B. C. 3, 29: exercitum in Britanniam, Suet. Caes. 58; cf.: copias ponte, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76: ut jam Hispanos omnes inflati transvexerint utres, Liv. 21, 47, 5: Dardanium agmen (pons), Sil. 4, 489: agmina classe, id. 4, 494: corpus defuncti per vicos, Dig. 47, 13, 3; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1964: navem Argo umeris transvectam Alpes, Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 128. —

to go; come; travel ••

Mid.: transvehor, to go, come, pass, travel, ride, or sail across or over: caerula cursu, Cic. poët. Fin. 5, 18, 49: Medi, Persae ... navibus in Africam transvecti, Sall. J. 18, 4: legiones ex Siciliā in Africam transvectae, id. ib. 28, 6: cum duabus quinqueremibus Corcyram transvectus, Liv. 32, 16, 2: vada Tartari, Sen. Herc. Fur. 889: transvectae (sc. equo) a fronte pugnantium alae, Tac. Agr. 37; cf.: ludicro Circensium Britannicus et Nero transvecti sunt, id. A. 12, 41: transvehitur Tuscos, flies past, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 272.—

in particular

To carry; bear; lead •

To carry, bear, lead, or conduct along in triumph: signa tabulasque, Flor. 2, 12: arma spoliaque multa Gallica carpentis transvecta, Liv. 39, 7, 2.—

to ride past

Of the Roman knights, to ride past before the censor for review (syn. traduco), Liv. 9, 46, 15; Suet. Aug. 38; Dig. 2, 4, 2, § 4; Val. Max. 2, 2, 8.—

to pass by; elapse figuratively •

Trop., of time, to pass by, elapse (Tacitean): abiit jam et transvectum est tempus, quo, etc., Tac. H. 2, 76: transvecta aestas, id. Agr. 18.

Perseus ID: n48901 Key: transveho