touch upon
touch upon:
I. Lit.: tango, attingo: v.BORDER . T.ing upon: contĭguus, contermĭnus: v. BORDERING , NEIGHBOURING .
II. Fig.:
1. attingo, 3: I t. upon those subjects unwillingly, invitus ea a., Liv. 28, 27: Plaut.: Cic.: Sall.
2. tango, 3: that third point which has been t.'d upon by Crassus, illud tertium quod a Crasso tactum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 43: I will t. upon each point slightly, leviter unum quodque t., id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83.
3. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: to merely t. upon each subject, tantummodo p. unamquamque rem, ib. 32, 91. Join: perquam breviter p. atque attingere, id. de Or. 2, 49, 201.
4. dēlībo, 1 (rare in this sense), to t. upon everything in telling a story, omnia narratione d., Quint. 4, 2, 55.
5. percurro, 3: v.RUN OVER , CURSORY . Or expr. by adv. summatim, strictim, with verbs meaning to speak, etc. Phr.: which topics your fine rhetoricians have not so much as t.'d upon, quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent, id. 1, 19, 87: to t. upon the principal points, rerum summas attingere, Nep. Pelop. 1.
I. Lit.: tango, attingo: v.
II. Fig.:
1. attingo, 3: I t. upon those subjects unwillingly, invitus ea a., Liv. 28, 27: Plaut.: Cic.: Sall.
2. tango, 3: that third point which has been t.'d upon by Crassus, illud tertium quod a Crasso tactum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 43: I will t. upon each point slightly, leviter unum quodque t., id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83.
3. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: to merely t. upon each subject, tantummodo p. unamquamque rem, ib. 32, 91. Join: perquam breviter p. atque attingere, id. de Or. 2, 49, 201.
4. dēlībo, 1 (rare in this sense), to t. upon everything in telling a story, omnia narratione d., Quint. 4, 2, 55.
5. percurro, 3: v.