transpadane

[ trans-puh-deyn, trans-pey-deyn ]

adjective

1. on the farther side, especially the northern side of the Po River.

transpadane

/ ˈtrænzpəˌdeɪn; trænsˈpeɪdeɪn /

adjective

1. prenominal on or from the far (or north) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome Compare cispadane

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpadane¹

1610–20; < Latin trānspadānus beyond the Po, equivalent to trāns- trans- + Pad ( us ) Po + -ānus -ane

Word History and Origins

Origin of transpadane¹

C17: from Latin Transpadānus , from trans- + Padus the River Po

Example Sentences

Vergil himself—if, as seems likely, the Catalepton be a genuine work of Vergil—did not escape the Transpadane fashion.

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Two constitutions were needed for new-born states, the republics known thus far as the Transpadane and the Cispadane.

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The disquiet of the outlying cities on the borders of Lombardy was due to a desire for union with the Transpadane Republic.

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And he stands in this perhaps not so much for himself as for a Transpadane school.

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Horace is speaking there of the Vergil of the Transpadane period: the reference is to the Eclogues.

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