pertracto
pertracto, to touch, handle
per-tracto (pertrecto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to touch, feel, handle any thing (class.).
- I Lit.: papillam, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 71 (223): mullos, Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38: bestias manibus, Auct. B. Afr. 72: arma, Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66: caput dormienti, Just. 1, 9, 17: corpus hominis, Ap. Flor. p. 362.—
- II Trop., to busy or occupy one's self with any thing, to handle, treat, to investigate, study any thing: mentem omni cogitatione pertractans, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118: sensus mentesque hominum, id. de Or. 1, 51, 222: narrationem, id. Inv. 2, 14, 45: ad totam philosophiam pertractandam se dare, id. N. D. 1, 4, 9: pertractare ea quae rem continent, id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23: primum quae scripsi mecum ipse pertracto, Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 7: pertractare visu vulnera, to explore, scan, Sil. 10, 452: mente, Vulg. Nahum. 1, 11.—Hence, * per-tractātē, adv., in a well-considered manner, elaborately, systematically: nam pertractate facta est (fabula), i.e. with a moral in view, Plaut. Capt. prol. 55.
per-tracto (nicht pertrecto), āvī, ātum, āre, I) überall betasten, befühlen, barbatulos mullos exceptare de piscina et pertractare, Cic.: pertr. caput dormienti, Iustin.: bestias manibus, Auct. b. Afr.: manum hominis (v. Arzt), Apul.: poet., vulnera visu, genau besichtigen, Sil. 10, 451. – II) übtr.: a) etw. geistig eingehend behandeln, sich geistig mit etw. beschäftigen, etw. durchdenken, studieren, untersuchen, philosophiam, Cic.: ea, quae rem continent, Cic.: primum quae scripsi mecum ipse pertracto, Plin. ep.: omnis honesti iustique disciplina erit pertractanda, Quint.: res pertractatas habere, Cic. – b) Geist u. Gemüt bearbeiten, sie stimmen, auf Geist u. Gemüt einwirken (v. Redner), sensus mentesque hominum, Cic. de or. 1, 222: hominum animos, ibid. 2, 32: animos iudicum, ibid. 2, 186.
See: pertractare
pertractō (13) (qqf. -trectō ), āvī, ātum, āre, tr., palper, manier : Cic. Par. 38 || [fig.] explorer attentivement : mentem tuam omni cogitatione pertractans Cic. Fin. 2, 118, sondant de toute ta réflexion le tréfonds de ta pensée || étudier à fond, approfondir : Cic. Nat. 1, 9 ; Tusc. 4, 23 ; quæ scripsi, mecum ipse pertracto Plin. Min. Ep. 7, 17, 7, je repasse moi-même à part moi ce que jʼai écrit || [en parl. de lʼorateur] manier [les sentiments, les pensées, les cœurs ; c.-à-d. agir, influer sur lʼauditoire] : Cic. de Or. 1, 222 ; 2, 32 ; 2, 186.
- 1. overal betasten, bevoelen;
- 2. (metaf.) inwerken (op: acc.) [sensūs mentesque hominum];
- 3. uitvoerig onderzoeken, behandelen [philosophiam].
pertracto (ō) (pertrecto) āvī, ātus, āre,
- to touch, handle: mullos.—Fig., to deal with, influence: mentem cogitatione: animos iudicum.—To be busy with, treat: ad totam philosophiam pertractandam se dare.