contrecto

== Latin == === Etymology === From con- + tractō (“to handle”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtrɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈtrɛk.to] === Verb === contrectō (present infinitive contrectāre, perfect active contrectāvī, supine contrectātum); first conjugation to touch, handle or finger Synonym: attrectō to caress or fondle to contemplate or consider ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== contrectātiō === References === “contrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “contrecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “contrecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.