transpadane

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

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

Origin of transpadane

1
1610–20; <Latin trānspadānus beyond the Po, equivalent to trāns-trans- + Pad(us) Po + -ānus-ane

Words Nearby transpadane

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How to use transpadane in a sentence

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

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

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • The disquiet of the outlying cities on the borders of Lombardy was due to a desire for union with the transpadane Republic.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • And he stands in this perhaps not so much for himself as for a transpadane school.

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

British Dictionary definitions for transpadane

transpadane

/ (ˈtrænzpəˌdeɪn, trænsˈpeɪdeɪn) /


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

Origin of transpadane

1
C17: from Latin Transpadānus, from trans- + Padus the River Po

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