tractatio — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
De Otio 1 · 5.1/10k
De Paenitentia 2 · 4.91/10k
Topica 2 · 2.92/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 6 · 2.8/10k
Controversiae 15 · 2.27/10k
Orator 4 · 2.16/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 2 · 2.04/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
De Tranquillitate Animi 1 · 1.32/10k
De Oratore 7 · 1.16/10k
De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

tractātĭo — Lewis & Short

tractātĭo, ōnis, f.tracto.

I In gen., a handling, management, treatment (class.): nec vero qui fidibus aut tibiis uti volunt, ab haruspicibus accipiunt earum tractationem, sed a musicis, Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: armorum, id. de Or. 3, 52, 200: beluarum, id. Off. 2, 5, 17: magnarum rerum, id. Rep. 3, 3, 5: tractatio atque usus vocis, id. Or. 18, 59: usus et tractatio dicendi, id. de Or. 1, 23, 109: philosophiae, id. Ac. 2, 2, 6: litterarum, id. Brut. 4, 15: assidua veterum scriptorum, Gell. 5, 21, 3: quaestionum, Quint. 4, 5, 6: reipublicae, Sen. Tranq. 3, 1: est in utroque (in poësi et in oratione solutā) et materia et tractatio, materia in verbis, tractatio in collocatione verborum, Cic. Or. 59, 201.—

II In partic.

A Treatment of a person, i. e. conduct, behavior towards him (post-Aug., and mostly in jurid. lang.): maritus uxori, si malae tractationis accusabitur, non inverecunde dicet, etc., of maltreatment, Quint. 7, 4, 10 sq.; so id. 7, 4, 24; 7, 4, 29; 7, 3, 2; 4, 2, 30; 9, 2, 79; Sen. Contr. 3, 7; Tert. Poen. fin.—

B In rhet. lang.

1 A rhetorical figure, the treatment, handling, discussion of a subject, Cic. de Or. 2, 41, 177; Quint. 9, 1, 33; Sen. Contr. 1, 1 med.—

2 A special use, usage of a word, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 17.

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