I.to swim over or across, to swim through.
I. Lit.: “in Tiberim desiluit et incolumis ad suos tranavit,” Liv. 2, 10, 11: “perpauci viribus confisi tranare contenderunt,” Caes. B. G. 1, 53: “flumen,” id. B. C. 1, 48 fin.; Hirt. B. Alex. 29; Curt. 7, 7, 15; 7, 5, 18: “flumina,” Verg. G. 3, 270: “amnes,” Lucr. 1, 14: “Gangem,” Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 23: “aquas,” Quint. 2, 16, 13: “paludem,” Curt. 9, 1, 18: “Lethaeas per undas,” Verg. Cul. 213.— In pass.: “obsequio tranantur aquae,” Ov. A. A. 2, 181; so, “Eridanus tranandus,” Verg. Cul. 258.—
II. Transf., in gen., to go, sail, fly, or pierce through, penetrate, permeate (mostly poet.): “auras,” Lucr. 4, 177: “ut parvum tranans geminaverit orbem,” Cic. Arat. 403 (650): “id cernemus toto genere hoc igneo, quod tranat omnia,” id. N. D. 2, 9, 25; “for which: per auras,” Sil. 3, 682; 13, 185; cf.: “turbida nubila,” Verg. A. 4, 246: “flumina sublimi curru,” Stat. Th. 9, 311: “ingentia spatia,” Sil. 16, 335: “foramina,” Lucr. 4, 601: “pectus viri (hasta),” Sil. 13, 238: “pericula,” id. 17, 366.
