tractim, adv. [tractus],
by drawing along , i. e. little by little , by degress; in a drawling way , at length , slowly (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.): quid, si ego illum tractim tangam, ut dormiat? i. e. should stroke him , Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157: ire, Lucr. 3, 530; 6, 118: susurrant, Verg. G. 4, 260; so, sonat jucundo hiatu, Gell. 7, 20, 3: tractim pronuntiata littera i , i. e. pronounced long , id. 4, 6, 6; cf. also, dicere (opp. festinanter), slowly , Sen. Ep. 40, 9.