attrecto
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- + tractō (“touch, handle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /atˈtrek.toː/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /atˈtrek.to/, [ät̪ˈt̪rɛkt̪o]
Verb
attrectō (present infinitive attrectāre, perfect active attrectāvī, supine attrectātum); first conjugation
- I touch, handle.
- I touch in an unlawful manner; violate.
- I busy myself with.
- I feel after, grope for; seek to find.
- I appropriate (to myself), lay hold of.
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References
- “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.