attrecto
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ad- + tractō (“touch, handle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of attrectō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]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.