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
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...loco, in lecto lepide strato lepidam mulierem complexum contrectare. COLL. Is, leno, viam. LYC. Vbi tu Leucadio, Lesbio..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nunc volt? Mil. Te compellare et complecti et contrectare. nam nisi tu illi fers suppetias, iam illa animum..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quotiens te votui Argyrippum filium Demaeneti compellare aut contrectare, conloquive aut contui? quid dedit? quid ad nos iussit..."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..."