tractim

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 (309): 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.

tractim, Adv. (traho; vgl. Diom. 407, 5), I) ziehend, zugweise, a) übh.: quid, si ego illum tractim tangam (eins aufstreiche = eine Ohrfeige ziehe), ut dormiat? Plaut. Amph. 313. – b) nach und nach, ire, Lucr. 3, 528. – II) gezogen, gedehnt, langsam, susurrare, Verg.: dicere, Arell. bei Sen. u. Gell.: littera i scilicet tr. pronuntiata, Gell.

tractim [CL], in a drawn-out manner. comes ‥ invitus ‥ processit ~im ‥ et morose ad pronuntiandum H. Bos. Thom. III 37 p. 310; si ‥ pes longam habeat in deposicione et longam in elevacione, vocatur ‘spondeus’ ‥ quia ~im sonat Odington 90; egredientes a completorio fratres in dormitorio ‥ ~im transeant et mature Ord. Ebor. I 29; 1526 divina officia ‥ ~im, distincte concinantur ‥ non transcurrendo aut sincopando Vis. Thame 712.

tractim (14) (traho), ¶ 1 en traînant : si ego illum tractim tangam Pl. Amph. 313, si je le caressais [si je le touchais en promenant la main ; cf. en fr., si je lui caressais les côtes] ¶ 2 lentement : Lucr. 3, 530 ; Sen. Ep. 40, 9 ¶ 3 dʼune façon prolongée : Virg. G. 4, 26 || dʼune façon traînante, allongée : Gell. 4, 6, 6.

tractim . adv.
連。陸續。讀高音。— tangere 摩以引睡。

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tractim adv.

• tractus, at length: susurrant, in a continuous murmur, V.