trānscendō dī, -, ere trans + scando, to climb over, pass over, cross, overstep, surmount: in hostium navīs, Cs.: in finīs hostium, L.: per Vescinos in Campaniam, L.: vallīs, Cs.: Alpīs.

— Fig., to pass over, pass by, overstep, transcend, transgress, violate: mos . . . iudicium . . . haec transcendere non potes, L.