contrectatio

== Latin == === Alternative forms === contractātiō === Etymology === From contrectō (“to handle, fondle”) + -tiō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔn.trɛkˈtaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.trekˈtat.t͡si.o] === Noun === contrectātiō f (genitive contrectātiōnis); third declension a touch, contact (law) theft ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contrectatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers