tactio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tactĭo, ōnis, f. [tango].

I Lit., a touching , touch (Plautin.), as a verbal noun with acc.: quid tibi hanc digito tactio est? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 29; id. Aul. 3, 2, 9; 4, 10, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 56; id. Curc. 5, 2, 27. — *

II Transf., the sense of touch , feeling : oculorum et tactionum et odorationum et saporum (voluptates), Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.

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