transadigo

Latin

Etymology

From trāns- +‎ adigō.

Verb

trānsadigō (present infinitive trānsadigere, perfect active trānsadēgī, supine trānsadāctum); third conjugation

  1. (chiefly poetic) to thrust (something) through, pierce through [(sometimes) with double accusative]
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 12.508:
      Aeneas Rutulum Sucronem [] , haud multa morantem
      Excipit in latus, et, qua fata celerrima,
      crudum
      Transadigit costas et crates pectoris ensem.
      Aeneas wounds Sucro the Rutule in his side [] , himself a warrior not fit to be his foe, and pierces his ribs and whole bosom through with his deadly sword.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • transadigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • transadigo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.