attrecto
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Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From ad- + tractō (“touch, handle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /atˈtrek.toː/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈtrek.to/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɛkt̪o]
Verb[edit]
attrectō (present infinitive attrectāre, perfect active attrectāvī, supine attrectātum); first conjugation
- to touch, handle
- to touch in an unlawful manner; violate
- to busy oneself with
- to feel after, grope for; seek to find
- to appropriate (to oneself), lay hold of
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References[edit]
- “attrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “attrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- attrecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.