(verb) : trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Caes.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, and n. trans-jacio
* To throw across.
* With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.
* In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across: neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,Caes. B. C. 3, 19: quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4: arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,Liv. 25, 14, 4: cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,id. 41, 4, 2: pontibus transjectis,thrown across,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9: malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,Liv. 30, 10, 5: volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,Verg. A. 5, 488: tela alio,Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18: pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,drives over,Just. 8, 5, 7.—Poet.: pedes super acervos,to step over,Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76. membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,Ov. F. 4, 782.
* To cross over, pass over, cross.
* To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another): est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36. anulum in dextram manum,Petr. 74: quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,decant, pour over,Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1: cerussam in cacabum,Scrib. Comp. 45.
* Trop.
* With second acc. of the stream or place crossed: equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,Caes. B. C. 1, 55: Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,id. ib. 1, 83 fin.: si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3: copias Rhodanum,id. ib. 10, 11, 2: quos in Africam secum traiceret,Liv. 29, 22, 12.
* To pass through, make a way through.
* Poet., of the eyes: quocumque oculos trajecimus,i. e. to look,Lucr. 4, 424.
* Of soldiers: pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,broke through,Liv. 42, 7, 7.
* To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce: unum ex multitudine,Caes. B. G. 5, 44: aliquem pilis,id. ib. 7, 82: aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,id. ib. 7, 25: lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,Ov. M. 4, 571: lanceā infestā medium femur,Hirt. B. G. 8, 48: femur tragulā,Caes. B. G. 5, 35: pectus ferro,Liv. 41, 11, 6: cava tempora ferro,Verg. A. 9, 634: harundine linguam,Ov. M. 11, 325: terga sagittā,id. ib. 9, 128: exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,Just. 3, 1, 8: sagittā sub mammā trajectus,id. 12, 9, 12: aliquid acu,Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one's self: se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,Suet. Oth. 11.
* In gen., to transfer, cause to pass: cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46: culpam in alium,Quint. 9, 2, 4: arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.: in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,having thrown itself,Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.
* In partic., in rhet.: verba,to transpose,Cic. Or. 69, 229: verba in clausulas,Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.
* With the place or thing passed over as object: si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22: trajecto amni,Liv. 21, 27, 3: Hiberum,id. 21, 30, 3: occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,id. 21, 39, 10: ratibus Trebiam,id. 21, 56, 8: mare,id. 33, 31, 10: flumen,id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6: fretum,Sen. Ep. 14, 8: amnem,Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23: utribus amnem,id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10: Rhenum,Suet. Tib. 18: mare,Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6: Padum,Tac. H. 2, 22: sinum maris,Vell. 2, 43, 1: flumina nando,Suet. Caes. 57: Tiberim clipeo,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186: Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.: postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,Liv. 21, 30, 5: ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,Sol. 52, 46.
* Absol.: ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,Liv. 37, 13, 3: ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,id. 30, 24, 11: ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,id. 30, 2, 1: sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,id. 40, 4, 10: (ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,id. 28, 36, 1; cf.: Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,id. 37, 13, 6: primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,id. 29, 22, 11: ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7: piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,Just. 2, 13, 9: trajecisse veteres Iberos,Tac. Agr. 14.
* Trop., to overstep, transgress: traicit et fati litora magnus amor,Prop. 1, 19, 12.