tracto

Catalan

Verb

tracto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tractar

Interlingua

Noun

tracto (plural tractos)

1. tract (series of organs)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrak.toː/, [ˈt̪räkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrak.to/, [ˈt̪räkt̪o]

Etymology 1

From trahō +‎ -tō, frequentative suffix.

Verb

tractō (present infinitive tractāre, perfect active tractāvī, supine tractātum); first conjugation

1. to tug, drag or haul
2. to handle, manage, or treat
3. to exercise, practise, transact or perform
4. to discuss or debate

Conjugation

Conjugation of tractō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tractō	tractās	tractat	tractāmus	tractātis	tractant
	imperfect	tractābam	tractābās	tractābat	tractābāmus	tractābātis	tractābant
	future	tractābō	tractābis	tractābit	tractābimus	tractābitis	tractābunt
	perfect	tractāvī	tractāvistī, tractāstī1	tractāvit, tractāt1	tractāvimus, tractāmus1	tractāvistis, tractāstis1	tractāvērunt, tractāvēre, tractārunt1
	pluperfect	tractāveram, tractāram1	tractāverās, tractārās1	tractāverat, tractārat1	tractāverāmus, tractārāmus1	tractāverātis, tractārātis1	tractāverant, tractārant1
	future perfect	tractāverō, tractārō1	tractāveris, tractāris1	tractāverit, tractārit1	tractāverimus, tractārimus1	tractāveritis, tractāritis1	tractāverint, tractārint1
passive	present	tractor	tractāris, tractāre	tractātur	tractāmur	tractāminī	tractantur
	imperfect	tractābar	tractābāris, tractābāre	tractābātur	tractābāmur	tractābāminī	tractābantur
	future	tractābor	tractāberis, tractābere	tractābitur	tractābimur	tractābiminī	tractābuntur
	perfect	tractātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tractātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tractātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tractem	tractēs	tractet	tractēmus	tractētis	tractent
	imperfect	tractārem	tractārēs	tractāret	tractārēmus	tractārētis	tractārent
	perfect	tractāverim, tractārim1	tractāverīs, tractārīs1	tractāverit, tractārit1	tractāverīmus, tractārīmus1	tractāverītis, tractārītis1	tractāverint, tractārint1
	pluperfect	tractāvissem, tractāssem1	tractāvissēs, tractāssēs1	tractāvisset, tractāsset1	tractāvissēmus, tractāssēmus1	tractāvissētis, tractāssētis1	tractāvissent, tractāssent1
passive	present	tracter	tractēris, tractēre	tractētur	tractēmur	tractēminī	tractentur
	imperfect	tractārer	tractārēris, tractārēre	tractārētur	tractārēmur	tractārēminī	tractārentur
	perfect	tractātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tractātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tractā	—	—	tractāte	—
	future	—	tractātō	tractātō	—	tractātōte	tractantō
passive	present	—	tractāre	—	—	tractāminī	—
	future	—	tractātor	tractātor	—	—	tractantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tractāre	tractāvisse, tractāsse1	tractātūrum esse	tractārī	tractātum esse	tractātum īrī
participles		tractāns	—	tractātūrus	—	tractātus	tractandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tractandī	tractandō	tractandum	tractandō	tractātum	tractātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• attrectō
• contrectō
• pertractō
• tractābilis
• tractātiō
• tractātor
• tractātrīx
• tractātus
• tractātīcius
• tractātōrium

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: trajtoj
• → Catalan: tractar
• Dutch: trachten
• → English: tract
• Old French: tretier, traitier, traiter
  • → English: treat
  • French: traiter
• Old Piedmontese: traiter
• Friulian: tratâ
• Galician: tratar
• → German: trachten
• Italian: trattare
  • → Piedmontese: traté
• Occitan: trachar
• Portuguese: trautar, tratar
• Romanian: trata
• Sicilian: trattari
• Spanish: tratar, trechar
• → Swedish: traktamente, traktat, traktera
• Venetian: tratar

Etymology 2

Inflected form of tractus.

Participle

tractō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tractus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of tractum.

Noun

tractō

1. dative/ablative singular of tractum

References

• “tracto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tracto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tracto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • philosophical subjects: quae in philosophia tractantur
    
  • to learn, study music: artem musicam discere, tractare
    
  • to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
    
  • to hold the reins of government: gubernacula rei publicae tractare
    
  • to steer: gubernaculum tractare
    

Portuguese

Verb

tracto

1. first-person singular present indicative of tractar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tractus. Compare the inherited doublet trecho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾaɡto/ [ˈt̪ɾaɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: trac‧to

Noun

tracto m (plural tractos)

1. tract
2. a stretch

Derived terms

• tracto urinario

 

Further reading

• “tracto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014