tagax

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

tăgax, ācis, adj. [tago],

that is apt to touch any thing; pregn., light - fingered , thievish (very rare): tagax furunculus a tangendo, Fest. p. 359 Müll.; cf. Non. 408, 33: manus, Lucil. ap. Fest. l. l. (Sat. Fragm. 30; 86): levis, libidinosus, tagax, * Cic. Att. 6, 3, 1.

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