contrectatio

Latin

Alternative forms

• contractātiō

Etymology

contrectō (“to handle, fondle”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔn.trɛkˈtaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.trekˈtat.t͡si.o]

Noun

contrectātiō f (genitive contrectātiōnis); third declension

1. a touch, contact
2. (law) theft

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	contrectātiō	contrectātiōnēs
genitive	contrectātiōnis	contrectātiōnum
dative	contrectātiōnī	contrectātiōnibus
accusative	contrectātiōnem	contrectātiōnēs
ablative	contrectātiōne	contrectātiōnibus
vocative	contrectātiō	contrectātiōnēs

References

• “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers