tractō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.
traho, to draw violently, drag, tug, haul, pull : tractata comis antistita Phoebi, O.— To touch, take in hand, handle : ea, quae tractemus, audiamus: aret Pellis et ad tactum tractandi dura resistit, V.: puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus, H.: vites tractari tuerique.— To wield, manage, control : Ceram pollice, O.: gubernacula: tela, L.: speciosius arma, H.: pecuniam publicam: Tractat inauratae consona fila lyrae, plays upon , O.—Fig., to handle, manage, conduct, lead, carry on, practise, transact : res turbidas, Enn. ap. C.: condiciones, Cs.: bellum, L.: artem, T.: personam in scenā, act : partīs secundas (mimus), H.: quo in munere ita se tractavit, ut, etc., conducted himself : persona, quae minime in iudiciis periculisque tractata est, i. e. is by no means accustomed to.—To treat, conduct oneself towards : haec arte tractabat virum, Ut, etc., T.: non tractabo ut consulem: liberaliter eos: pater parum pie tractatus a filio: benignius ipsum Te, H.— To handle, treat, investigate, discuss : oratori omnia disputata, tractata esse debent: tractata res: definitiones fortitudinis: tractatae inter Eumenem et Persea condiciones amicitiae, L.: memori tractandum pectore, to be meditated , Iu.— To negotiate, treat : de condicionibus, N.