contrectatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• contractātiō

Etymology

contrectō (“to handle, fondle”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.trekˈtaː.ti.oː/, [kɔn̪t̪rɛkˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.trekˈtat.t͡si.o/, [kon̪t̪rekˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

contrectātiō f (genitive contrectātiōnis); third declension

1. a touch, contact
2. (law) theft

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contrectātiō	contrectātiōnēs
Genitive	contrectātiōnis	contrectātiōnum
Dative	contrectātiōnī	contrectātiōnibus
Accusative	contrectātiōnem	contrectātiōnēs
Ablative	contrectātiōne	contrectātiōnibus
Vocative	contrectātiō	contrectātiōnēs

References

• “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers