contrectare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →contrecto, contrectare, contrectavi, contrectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
touch repeatedly, handle, finger; feel; handle unlawfully (theft/embezzlement);; handle amorously, caress/fondle; have sex with; deal with/handle/apply oneself;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...loco, in lecto lepide strato lepidam mulierem complexum contrectare. COLL. Is, leno, viam. LYC. Vbi tu Leucadio, Lesbio..." - T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc volt? Mil. Te compellare et complecti et contrectare. nam nisi tu illi fers suppetias, iam illa animum..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quotiens te votui Argyrippum filium Demaeneti compellare aut contrectare, conloquive aut contui? quid dedit? quid ad nos iussit..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...suos medicus, quorum nec obscena, si remedio egent, contrectare nec reliquias et effusa intueri dedignatur nec per furorem..."