1. tactus — Lewis & Short
tactus, a, um,
Part. of tango.The corpus record — Latin
Tactús
Tactús
Part. of tango
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Where it lives
- Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
- Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
What it meant
2. tactus — Lewis & Short
tactus, ūs, m.tango,
I a touching, touch, handling (class.).
I Lit.:
salutantum tactu praeterque meantum,Lucr. 1, 318:
quae (chordae) ad quemque tactum respondeant,Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216:
leo asper tactu,Hor. C. 3, 2, 11; Verg. A. 2, 683; 7, 618; id. G. 3, 416; 3, 502:
tactus Assilientis aquae,Ov. M. 6, 106:
tactuque viriles Virgineo removete manus,id. ib. 13, 466; so,
viriles,id. ib. 10, 434.—Prov.:
membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum,Ov. P. 2, 7, 13.—
II Transf.
A Influence, effect, operation:
solis,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40:
lunae,id. Div. 2, 46, 97:
caeli,Verg. A. 3, 138:
sentio illorum tactu orationem meam quasi colorari,Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60.—
B The sense of feeling, feeling, touch:
tactus corporis est sensus,Lucr. 2, 434 sq.:
tactus toto corpore aequabiliter fusus est,Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:
ut caelum sub aspectum et tactum cadat,id. Univ. 5:
habere tactum atque gustatum,Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10:
Cyrenaei (dicunt) ea se sola percipere, quae tactu intimo sentiant, ut dolorem, ut voluptatem,Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 20:
qui ... non odore ullo, non tactu, non sapore capiatur,id. Cael. 17, 42 (Lucr. 1, 454 is an interpolation; v. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.).
In the wild
- táctus Plautus, Pseudolus 5.2
- Tactús Plautus, Bacchides 5.2
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. tactus (scan p. 700; entry #11631).
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