tractus

trāctus, ūs, m.: a dragging, drawing, an extending; stretch of space, tract, region of land, sea, or sky, 3.138. (trahō)

tractus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of traho.

tractus, ūs, m. [traho], a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing.

• I Lit. (mostly poet.): tractu gementem Ferre rotam, Verg. G. 3, 183: tractu taurea terga domant, Val. Fl. 6, 359: modicus tractus (al. tractatus), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 153: aut si qua incerto fallet te littera tractu, stroke, Prop. 4 (5), 3, 5: continuus subitarum tractus aquarum, i. e. a drinking, Luc. 4, 368; cf.: aëra pestiferum tractu, i.e. a drawing in, inhalation, id. 7, 412: repetitaque longo Vellera mollibat nebulis aequantia tractu, Ov. M. 6, 21: harenam fluctus trahunt ... Syrtes ab tractu nominatae, i. e. from Gr. σύρω, = traho; because of this drawing, Sall. J. 78, 3: (risus) interdum quodam etiam corporis tractu lacessitur, i. e. movement, Quint. 6, 3, 7.—Of a serpent, a drawing itself along, a creeping, crawling: squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis, Verg. G. 2, 154; Ov. M. 15, 725; Claud. B. Get. 22; id. II. Cons. Stil. 172.—
• • • 2 Concr., a train, track, course: nonne vides longos flammarum ducere tractus, long trains, Lucr. 2, 207: flammarum, Verg. G. 1, 367; Luc. 2, 270: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), Ov. M. 2, 320: longo per multa volumina tractu Aestuat unda minax, Luc. 5, 565; so of the course of the moon, Cic. Div. 2, 46, 97; of the Nile, Luc. 10, 257: (Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur, Curt. 3, 4, 8: aquarum, id. 5, 3, 2: ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur, Nep. Milt. 5, 3; of the wind, Val. Fl. 1, 614; cf. Manil. 1, 532; 3, 366. —
  • B Transf., a space drawn out, i. e. a stretch, extent, tract of a thing (class.): castrorum, Liv. 3, 28, 1: cujus (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11 Moser N. cr.: cum mediae jaceant immensis tractibus Alpes, Luc. 2, 630; and Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 9. —
  • • 2 Concr., of places, a territory, district, region, tract of land (class.; syn.: regio, plaga): oppidi, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: corruptus caeli tractus, Verg. A. 3, 138 Serv.: tractus ille celeberrimus Venafranus, Cic. Planc. 9, 22: tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22: tractu surgens oleaster eodem, Verg. G. 2, 182: genera (vitium) separari ac singulis conseri tractibus, utilissimum, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 187; Flor. 1, 15, 2.—
• II Trop.
• • A In gen., course, progress, movement: tractus orationis lenis et aequabilis, course, movement, current, Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 54; cf.: in omni corpore, totoque, ut ita dixerim, tractu (orationis), Quint. 9, 4, 61: cetera continuo magis orationis tractu decurrunt, id. 5, 8, 2.—
  • • 2 Of time, space, lapse, period: quod neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu Perpetuo possint aevi labentia tractu, Lucr. 1, 1004; 5, 1216: eodem tractu temporum nituerunt oratores, etc., Vell. 2, 9, 1: aetatis, Val. Max. 8, 13, ext. 2: hoc legatum Cum voluerit, tractum habet, quamdiu vivat is, a quo, etc., duration, period, Dig. 32, 1, 11. —
  • B In partic., a drawing out, protracting, lengthening, protraction, extension, length: quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum! drawling, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 202: pares elocutionum, Quint. 4, 2, 118: illa (historia) tractu et suavitate atque etiam dulcedine placet, extent, copiousness, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 10.—
  • • 2 Of time: durante tractu et lentitudine mortis, Tac. A. 15, 64: belli, id. ib. 15, 10.—
    • 3 In gram.: in tractu et declinatione talia sunt, qualia apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo, a lengthening in derivation, Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald.

1. tractus, a, um, PAdi. (v. traho), I) hergezogen, hergenommen, herkommend, herstammend, entsprungen, venae a corde tractae, Cic.: sermo ab isto initio tractus, Cic. – II) in einem fortgehend, fließend, nicht holperig, sermonis genus, Cic.: oratio tracta et fluens, Cic.

2. tractus, ūs, m. (traho), das Ziehen, I) eig. u. übtr.: 1) das Ziehen (wenn ein Gegenstand im Raume sich fortbewegt), der Zug, a) eig.: tractu gementem ferre rotam, Verg.: modicus tractus (v. Netze), Plin.: in spiram tractu se colligit anguis, Verg.: longoque per aëra tractu fertur, Ov.: corporis, Bewegung, Quint.: flammarum, Lucr. u. Verg.: Nili, Lucan.: venti, Val. Flacc.: aequalis (siderum) tractus, Manil.: 1, 532: v. der Schrift, si qua incerto fallet te littera tractu, Prop. 4, 3, 5. – b) übtr.: α) der Zug, den ein Gegenstand nimmt, die Ausdehnung, die Lage, qui tractus castrorum esset, Liv.: is est tractus ductusque muri, Cic.: cum mediae iaceant immensis tractibus Alpes, Lucan.: ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur, durch die Ausdehnung der (einzeln stehenden) Bäume, durch die lange Reihe der Bäume, Nep. Milt. 5, 3. – β) meton., v. Örtl., der Strich, Erd-, Landstrich, die Gegend, tractus Laurens, Liv.: Ponticus, Vopisc.: Belgicae et Armorici, Eutr.: totus, Cic.: in tractu pisce viventium, in der Gegend (im Lande) usw., Plin.: hoc tractu oppidi erat regia, Caes. – corruptus caeli tractus, verpestete Luft des Landstriches, Verg. Aen. 3, 138. – 2) das Ziehen, Einziehen, aquae, Trinken, Lucan. 4, 368. – 3) das Fortschleppen, Syrtes ab tractu nominatae, vom griech. σύρειν = fortschleppen, fortschwemmen, Sall. Iug. 78, 3. – II) bildl.: 1) der Zug, die Bewegung, a) von der Darstellung: α) die ruhige Bewegung, die ruhige Haltung, der gehaltene Stil, tractus orationis lenis et aequabilis, Cic.: cetera quae continuo magis orationis tractu decurrunt, Quint.: haec (oratio) vel maxime vi, amaritudine, instantiā, haec (historia) tractu et suavitate atque etiam dulcedine placet, Plin. ep. – β) die Wendung des Ausdruckes, pares elocutionum tractus, Quint. 4, 2, 118. – b) von der Zeit, der Lauf, Verlauf, eodem tractu temporis, zu derselben Zeit, Vell.: hoc tractu temporum, Vell.: aetatis, i.e. senectus, Val. Max.: perpetuo aevi tractu, beständig, Lucr.: tractum habere, einen Zeitraum haben, ICt. – 2) insbes., die Dehnung, a) die Dehnung, langsame Bewegung der Worte, quanta haesitatio tractusque verborum! Cic. de or. 2, 202. – b) v. der Zeit, die Zögerung, Langsamkeit, belli, Tac. ann. 15, 10: tractu et lentitudine mortis, ibid. 15, 64. – c) in der Gramm., die derivative Verlängerung (wenn zB. aus beatitas beatitudo wird), Quint. 8, 3, 32.

tractus [CL] 1 (act or process of) pulling, pull. b (act of) tolling (bell). c (act of) pulling, drawing, or hauling (esp. up, into position) . [Syrtes] omnia ad se rapiant, unde Sallustius illis nomen a ~u [sc. σύρσις] dicit impositum Bede Acts 992A; alius ‥ per ‥ oceani gurgites ‥ agens liburnam ‥ spumosis algosisque remorum ~ibus [gl.: tium] trudit Aldh. VirgP 2; stetit carrum quasi fixum nec poterat moveri ~u boum vel impulsu hominum Found. Waltham 9; vertigo componitur ex ~u et pulsione Siccav. PN 160.  b 1403 sub tali condicione quod .. pulsarent .. qualibet nocte quandam campanam .. in ecclesia de N. vel in campanili ejusdem per trescentos et sexaginta ~us Cl 251 m. 11.  c 1322 per ~um pontis PlRChester 34 r. 15 (v. tractabilis 1b). 2 (act of) pulling along, hauling, dragging, (also) transport, carriage, conveying; b (transf., as amount carried in such an act); c (as right or payment in respect of right). 1275 capiendo tolonea ‥ indebita de mercatoribus ‥ venientibus ad villam N. ‥ viz. ‥ de ~u molarum molend' vj d. Hund. II 2b; si tres possent trahere navem et similiter unus solus, ita ‥ conveniret ~us navis uni sicut tribus R. Marston QD 92; 1329 in ~u sex doliorum vini de castro ad aquam et alibi, ix s. ExchScot 217.  b c1235 centum ~us virgarum de corilo ad trahas suas faciendas Cart. Lindores 73 (cf. Meaux I 99: duas carectatas virgarum de parco de K. ‥ ad reficiendas carectas nostras).  c p1164 W. P. ‥ eisdem concessit monialibus ‥ ~um decime Act. Hen. II I 545; 1331 est ibidem alia consuetudo que vocatur ‘~us boū’ [Cal. IPM 389: bonorum] et valet per annum x s. (Ewyas, Heref) IPM 29/7 m. 14; 1338 est ibi quid' ~us navium super Tamisiam qui val' per annum vj s. viij d. Ib. 56/1 m. 13. 3 (spec.) dragging, ‘drawing’ (of condemned man in process of execution for treason). s1321 alios ‥ ~ui et suspendio, culpis proditorum in ipsis clarescentibus, adjudicatos Flor. Hist. III 207; s1381 turbatores pacis ‥ ~u et suspendio vitam finierunt Pol. Poems I 458n.. 4 (act of) drawing into the body, intake. b pull, draught, swig (of fluid). si [truncus] non idem [nutrimentum] trahit, interruptus est ~us, nec potest ad insitam pervenire quod affectat Adel. QN 6; quidam ‥ dicunt ‥ colon esse ubi vulgariter punctum dicimus, aut quendam spiritus ~um J. Sal. Met. 850C; ~us ‥ est ‥ motus quo [animal] cibum traicit et potum haurit Alf. Angl. Cor 6. 9; ex nimio ~u et discrasia sepe dolent renes in tertiana Gilb. I 51. 1.  b cum zuccaro dulcoretur et detur ~us bonus Gad. 7. 2; miscentes aque calide calathos [Diosc. V 16: κυάθους] iiij, i. mensuram continens [sic] unum ~um, cum timopsalmo Alph. 185. 5 (act of) pulling or drawing back (and loosing an arrow), shooting. b distance to which a bow can send an arrow, bowshot, range. s1356 in antiquo tempore, ad tertium vel quartum ‥ ~um unius sagitte ‥ scirent ‥ que pars triumpharet Eul. Hist. III 225; s1402 [transmittere] sagittarios suos ‥ qui eosdem taliter molestando et vulnerando ~u fatigarent ut ‥ sine certamine superatos captivaret Plusc. X 18.  b cimba in ~um sagitte a terra abrepta, populus ‥ ripam occupat Gosc. Transl. Mild. 15; 1274 T. le W. amerciavit ‥ W. O. ‥ eundo versus domum ad ~um unius arcus de hundredo Hund. I 174; extra Bethleem ad ~um quasi baliste est ecclesia S. N. Brygg Itin. 383; s1423 si ‥ mihi citra sagittarum ~um congruum adjutorii transmiseritis clypeum Amund. I 145. 6 (act of) drawing or taking out (from container or source), extraction. b (~us sanguinis) bloodshed (in quot. leg. w. ref. to bloodwite). c (transf.) taking away, removal. c1220 prior unam [justam cervisie percipiet] ad novum ~um (Evesham) MonA II 30b; mensurator debet implere busshellum de sale ad duos ~us, et in tertio ~u radere mensuram MGL I 243.  b 1272 salvis dictis ‥ capellanis ‥ de nobis ‥ ~u sanguinis, mercetis, et omnibus aliis querelis et forisfactis Reg. Aberd. I 32.  c 13‥ clericis [justiciarii] ‥ pro quolibet homine mundato per assisam pro ~u extra rotulos [ME: for to draw thaim out of the rollis] iiij d. APScot I 710. 7 (act or product of) excerpting. sic finitur ~us de primo libro Extr. Chr. Scot. 7 (cf. ib. 1: incipiunt aliqua de ‥ libro Scoticronicon vulgo nuncupato ‥ extracta). 8 (act of) drawing (a net) through body of water (as method of fishing), dragging (also w. ref. to the right to do so or the place where it is done). b quantity (of fish) caught by drawing a net, catch, draught, haul. de sagenis et ~is in aqua Temisiae iij s. (Middx) DB I 130rb; 1107 (1330) cum ‥ piscaria et duobus ~ibus qui ibi sunt ad trahendum cum retibus (Regesta 825) CalCh IV 158; c1140 concessisse ‥ fratribus ‥ ~um unius retis in aqua de Thei ad piscandum ubi mea dominica retia piscabuntur Ch. David I no. 88 (= E. Ch. Scot. 170); c1144 concedo ‥ ~um duorum retium in Scypwel Ib. no. 147 (= E. Ch. Scot. 153); c1146 (14c) confirmasse [monachis] ‥ piscarias suas et ~us in aqua de T. ‥ ita ut aqua rectum [i. e. rettum] suum habea[n]t, viz. terciam partem file aque liberam ‥ et ~us suos super sabulum Ib. no. 169 (= Regesta Scot. 27); primo ‥ ~us sui conamine dum retia traherent salmo unus mire magnitudinis apparuit R. Cold. Cuthb. 73; 1231 in parco ‥ habere ‥ v damas ‥ et in forinseco vivario ‥ unum ~um ad piscem capiendum Cl 10; [ballivus] piscantibus intendens ‥ salutato ‥ episcopo dixit “Domine ‥ nihil cepimus: expectate ‥ unius ‥ ~us eventum, et date vestram benedictionem ut in ipsa laxemus rete” R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 78.  b ad piscatores jam tensis retibus veniens ‥ primum ~um piscium ‥ ab eis impetravit R. Cold. Cuthb. 73; a1192 decimam piscatorie, tercium eciam ~um sagene sancte M. ‥ concedo ‥ ad victum monachorum (Lancs) Cart. Antiq. I 73; 1315 abbas ‥ clamavit habere singulos primos duos ~us in ‥ S. Maripot et quemlibet primum ~um cum sagena sua in omnibus aliis locis aque predicte Couch. Furness II 217. 9 (act or product of) milking. de septimana in septimanam unicus lactis ~us [tollatur] Fleta 166 (cf. Gl. AN Ox. 53: hec †pupilla [l. papilla] ‥ tret de mamele); ~us uberum vicissim tollantur Ib.. 10 mark left by dragging, trace, track (also transf.). b mark left by drawing pen across surface, stroke, line. c (mus.) vertical stroke proceeding from note, tail, stem. quidam fulgor emicuit, qui cum ‥ longe ‥ a loco ~u vestigante se transtulisset Adel. QN 73; ex ~ibus dentium [draconis] sanguis emanans (Brendanus 33) VSH II 282.  b sicut cum scribimus ‘dn̄s’ [sc. dominus] per ~um supra ‥ sic ipsi scribunt ‘κōς’ [sc. κύριoς] Bacon Gram. Gk. 12; hanc diversitatem sonorum designant [Hebraei] per puncta et ~us Id. Maj. III 90; 1331 quidam ~us in fine ejusdem rasture factus, majoris substancie et incausti nigrioris quam in principio ~us illius rasture, reperitur SelCKB V 65 (v. rastus).  c figura ligata est ubicumque fit multitudo punctorum simul junctorum per suos ~us Garl. Mus. Mens. 2; secundum materialem significationem ‘pausatio’ dicitur ~us inter duas modulationes Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 59; longa ‥ duos ~us possedens quorum dexter longior est sinistro ‘plicata longa’ vocatur Haudlo 84; si [semibrevis] major sit, formabitur ad modum losonge habens sub se ~um Hauboys 262. 11 (her.) band that follows the outline of a shield, voided escutcheon, orle. ~us dicitur eo quod remanente campo armorum tam intra quam extra, protrahitur unus ~us de alio colore ad modum scuti, et aliquando iste ~us duplicatur ‥ et quidam habent istum ~um triplicatum vel quadriplicatum Bad. Aur. 197; sunt ‥ quidam nobiles qui portant unum ~um simplicem de duobus coloribus invectis Upton 243. 12 extent, length, distance (as measure), (also as quality) ‘longness’. b stretch, expanse (esp. of land), tract; c (~us maris, for W. traeth, i. e. sands). d stretch of time, period. e (~u temporis) in the course of time. ilia succingit levitas tractusque lacertos [Helenae] J. Exon. BT IV 187; dicitur ‥ ‘Sirius’ a ~u i. e. longitudine signi, σύρω enim ‘traho’ interpretatur Alb. Lond. DG 9. 6; 1377 dictum rete ‥ longitudinis trium ~uum brachiorum hominis vocatorum fadmes existit IMisc 211/5.  b Brettones ‥ de ~u Armoricano ‥ Brittaniam advecti Bede HE I 1 p. 11; idem locus ‥ illinc silvam longis supereminentem habet ~ibus Folc. V. Bertini 1; candela ‥ super tumulum ‥ linteis ‥ ornatum decidit, ibique trium pedum ~um signante favilla ‥ exarsit Gosc. Transl. Aug. 17A; quanto ‥ ad eoos ~us ‥ magis acceditur, tanto ‥ fecunditate terra felicior Gir. TH I 37.  c transivimus ‥ Traitmaur et Traitbochan, i. e. ~um maris majorem et ~um minorem ‥. dicitur autem ‘trait’ lingua Kambrica sabulum mari ‥ nudatum Gir. IK II 6; Trait Maur et Trait Bochan, i. e. ~us maris major et minor Id. DK I 5.  d 940 presentis ‥ vite ~u pollentes Ch. Wint. 12; longo temporum ~u sacris altaribus ministrantes Lucian Chester 52; [miseria] que toto ~u temporis hujus perdurat usque in finem Bald. Cant. Serm. 14. 55. 452A.  e s1146 ecclesie subversa sunt edificia ‥ [et] canonici regulares positi sunt ibi ~u temporis Diceto Chr. 256; 1157 ne ~u temporis ea que semel recte terminata sunt iteratis refragationibus perturbentur Act. Ep. Linc. 90; dilectio ‥ temporis ~u et locali distantia convalescit P. Blois Ep. 34; diem sollemnem constituimus observandum ~uque temporis cum essemus ‥ requisiti ‥ usque ad S. ‥ descendimus Canon. G. Sempr. f. 140. 13 (act or condition of) moving, drawing, pulling, or tending in a certain direction (in quot. of adjustable apparatus for weighing). s1256 consuetudo est ‥ quod statera debet trahere inclinando versus pecuniam ‥ et quod ponderator ‥ per hujus ~um potuit prebere majus pondus uni quam alio sive per favorem sive per timorem Leg. Ant. Lond. 25; s1256 fuit ‥ statutum ‥ quod ‥ pro ~u predicto debet venditor dare emptori ad quemlibet centum iiij li. Ib.; s1269 averia ‥ solebant ponderari ‥ ita quod emptor habuit ad quemlibet centinarium iiij li. pro ~u Ib. 118. 14 a written treatment of a subject, treatise (cf. tractatus). b oral treatment of a matter, discussion or negotiation. c treaty. a lectiones ‥ tres de ~u S. Augustini de eodem psalmo Ælf. Regul. Mon. 194 (cf. ib.: tractat' S. Augustini de psalmo ‘exaudi Deus orationem meam’); 10‥ tractatus [MS: ~us] grammatice artis (Invent.) EHR XXXII 389; in qua pagina perlucidus ille tractatus [MS: ~us] subscribitur Adel. ED 21; suffragia monachorum, cum quodam ~u decretalium (Catal. Rams.) Chr. Rams. app. 358.  b cum perventum fuit ad colloquium de condicionibus ‥ quibus rex ‥ ~u [Bower VIII 14: tractatu] prehabito ‥ [comitatum] sposponderat Plusc. VI 24; 1511 [terre] assedantur pro xix annis de consensu capituli solemni servato ~u Reg. Aberd. I 378.  c 1427 citra ~um pacis finalis inter duo regna Francie et Anglie Reg. S. Aug. 362 (= Cl 277 m. 14d.). 15 (liturg.) form of chant consisting of psalm verses and sung in place of the Alleluia at certain masses (e. g. during Lent), tract. sequitur ~us [AS: traht] ‘eripe me Domine’ RegulC 43; singulos ~us duo in albis canant Lanfr. Const. 114; cum ad versum ~us ventum esset ‘scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus’ W. Malm. GR II 175; per totam septuagesimam ‥ in missa dicimus loco illius [sc. alleluia] et sui versiculi ~um Beleth RDO 79. 85B; cum ‥ ab initio cl psalmi ‥ legerentur, propter tedium loco psalmorum introitus et ~us et offertoria de ipsis psalmis instituit Gir. GE I 7 p. 23; antiphonam quam ‘~um’ vulgo appellant ‥ Gelasius fecit P. Verg. De rerum inventoribus (Basel, 1546) V 10 p. 358. 16 one of a pair of ropes or straps by which a draught animal pulls its load, trace. 1177 pro ~is et alio minuto harnasio Pipe 198; 1213 in viij paribus ~uum ad caretam wardrobe nostre Cl 239b; 1308 in j pari ~arum iiij d. ob. Crawley 262; 1311 in j pare ~uum de corio empt' pro long' carect' iiij s., in v paribus ~uum de canabo et ij cordis pro longis carectis ix s. iiij d. Ac. Durh. 507; 1325 in j pare traxum factis de canobo domini, iiij d. (Pershore) Ac. Man. Westm. 22115; 1334 in ‥ viij pipes pro ~ubus Ac. Durh. 523; 1357 in stipendio j garcionis conducti ad lucrand' et cindend' virgas ‥ pro ~ibus ad plaustra faciendis ‥ [et] in v hominibus conductis ad dictas virgas torquendas et dictos ~us inde faciendos (Chester) MinAc 802/13 r. 4; 1371 ij cartrapes, ij waynraps novi, iij ~us ad carrectam novam Ac. Durh. 129. 17 coarse wheatmeal, ‘treet’. 1300 de lij quart. †secundo [l. secunde] farrine que dicitur †cratus [l. ~us] et lxx quart. furfuris provenientibus de frumento superius moluto AcWardr 135. 18 (med.) salve, ‘treat’ (cf. intractum). ~us ‥ ad plagam satis conveniens ‥ fit ex albumine ovi et mele crudo et farina siliginis ana et succo apii in majori quantitate Gilb. II 85. 2; ~us ad aperiendum, sanandum, purgandum, dolorem mitigandum, carnem mortuam et cancrum auferendum ‥ si [plaga] aperta sit super pannum extendatur et superponatur Ib. II 85v. 1.

1 tractus, a, um, ¶ 1 part. de traho ¶ 2 adj^t [en parl. du style] étiré, qui sʼallonge, dʼun cours paisible : genus orationis fusum atque tractum Cic. de Or. 2, 64, style qui se déploie et sʼallonge, cf. Cic. Or. 66.

2 tractŭs, (11) ūs, m. , ¶ 1 action de tirer, de traîner : tractu gementem ferre rotam Virg. G. 3, 183, supporter le grincement des roues quʼon traîne [gémissant sous la traction] || étirage de la laine : Ov. M. 6, 21 || harenam et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt...; Syrtes ab tractu nominatæ Sall. J. 78, 3, les flots traînent du sable et dʼénormes rochers... ; le nom de Syrtes vient du mot traîner (σύρειν) ; in contrarium tractum maris incidere Liv. 28, 30, 9, tomber sur un mouvement dʼentraînement contraire de la mer (dans un courant contraire) || action de se traîner, de se tirer : in spiram tractu se colligit anguis Virg. G. 2, 154, par une traction sur lui-même le serpent se ramasse en spirale ; Cydnus leni tractu e fontibus labens Curt. 3, 4, 8, le Cydnus glissant de sa source en un paisible écoulement, cf. Curt. 5, 3, 2 ; longo per multa volumina tractu æstuat unda Luc. 5, 565, lʼonde bouillonne avec de longs replis en multiples tourbillons ¶ 2 [concret] : a) traînée : longos flammarum ducere tractus Lucr. 2, 207, mener de longues traînées de flammes, cf. Virg. G. 1, 367 ; b) tracé dʼun mur : (urbis) tractus ductusque muri definitus ex omni parte arduis montibus Cic. Rep. 1, 11, le tracé et lʼacheminement de lʼenceinte limités de tous côtés par des monts escarpés || allongement, développement : contemplatus qui tractus castrorum esset Liv. 3, 28, 1, ayant observé lʼétendue du camp ; c) étendue déterminée, espace déterminé : oppidi Cæs. C. 3, 112, 8, quartier dʼune ville ; eodem tractu Virg. G. 2, 182, dans le même coin de terre, cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 22 ; Plin. 17, 127 || totus ille tractus celeberrimus Venafranus, Allifanus Cic. Planc. 22, tous ces coins si peuplés de Vénafre, dʼAllifa ; corrupto cæli tractu Virg. En. 3, 138, la région du ciel étant contaminée, lʼatmosphère du pays étant infectée ¶ 3 [fig.] idée dʼune chose qui sʼétire, qui se traîne ; acheminement lent, mouvement lent et progressif : a) tractus orationis lenis et æquabilis Cic. de Or. 2, 54, le déroulement paisible et égal du style ; tractus orationis Quint. 5, 8, 2, le cours, le développement du discours ; fulmina perpetuo ævi labentia tractu Lucr. 1, 1004, les éclairs se mouvant dans lʼéternel déroulement du temps ; b) pares elocutionum tractus Quint. 4, 2, 118, membres de phrase de même longueur ; c) espace de temps : Vell. 2, 9, 1 ; Val. Max. 8, 13, 2 ; d) quanta hæsitatio tractusque verborum ! Cic. de Or. 2, 202, quelle hésitation et quelle lenteur dans le débit ! tractu belli Tac. Ann. 15, 10, en traînant en longueur lʼouverture des hostilités ; durante tractu et lentitudine mortis Tac. Ann. 15, 64, comme se prolongeait le lent acheminement de la mort ; e) [gramm.] dérivation dʼun mot par allongement [ex. beatitudo de beatitas ] : Quint. 8, 3, 32.

tractus , us. m.
拖。動。繼連。變名字。承行。隔之地。蛇繞。域。問之時。— calami 一筆畫。— corporis 舉動。Tractum habere 有若干時。

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tractus , a, um. part. p. v. traho.
拖。抽出。領。引。伸。緩者。Oratio tracta 連長之論。Lanae tractae 刷之羊毛。

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tractus (1) adj.

• P. of traho.—Of style, continuous, flowing, fluent: genus orationis.

tractus (2) ūs, m

• TRAG-, a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing: tractu Ferre rotam, V.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, O.: Syrtes ab tractu nominatae (i. e. from Gr. σύρω), S.: Squameus in spiram tractu se conligit anguis, V.—A train, track, course: Flammarum, V.: (Phaëthon) longo per aëra tractu Fertur, in a long train(of fire), O.: (Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur, Cu.: ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur, N.—A stretch, extent: castrorum, L.: cuius (urbis)is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.—A territory, district, region, tract of land: oppidi, Cs.: Conruptus caeli, V.: Venafranus: Tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros, H.—Fig., course, progress, movement: tractus orationis lenis.—A drawing out, lengthening, drawling: verborum.