adtrectare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adtrecto, adtrectare, adtrectavi, adtrectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
touch; lay hands on; handle (roughly), assault (sexually), violate; deal with;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...plus damni in rem publicam ferret, quam indecorum adtrectare quod non obtineret vel retentum ignominiam et infamiam virorum..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...credebat; neque imperatorem auguratu et vetustissimis caerimoniis praeditum adtrectare feralia debuisse. Sed Germanicus cedentem in avia Arminium secutus..."