(verb) : at-trecto (adt-, Weissenb., Halm; att-, Ritschl, Rib., Kayser), āvi, ātum, 1, tracto
* To touch, handle, freq. in an unlawful manner (syn.: contrecto, tracto, tango, palpo).
* Lit.: Ne me attrecta,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 45: aliquem nimium familiariter attr ectare,id. Rud. 2, 4, 6: uxorem alicujus attrectare,Cic. Cael. 8 fin.; Suet. Ner. 26 (cf. contrecto): signum Junonis adtrecta re,Liv. 5, 22: patrios penates attrectare,Verg. A. 2, 719: feralia adtrectare,Tac. A. 1, 62 fin.: libros contaminatis manibus,Cic. Har. Resp. 13: alienam rem, Sabin. Jus Civ. ap. Gell. 11, 16, 20: si attrectaverit me pater,Vulg. Gen. 27, 12.— To feel after, grope for (eccl. Lat.): quasi absque oculis parietem attrectavimus,Vulg. Isa. 59, 10.
* Trop.: Facilis est illa occursatio et blanditia popularis; aspicitur, non attrectatur; procul apparet, non excutitur (the figure is derived from paintings or other works of art),it is looked at, not touched,Cic. Planc. 12 Wund.—Also, to appropriate to one's self: regias etiam adtrectamus gazas,Liv. 34, 4, 2: fasces securesque,id. 28, 24: indecorum, adtrectare quod non obtineret,Tac. A. 3, 52.—To feel after, seek to find (eccl. Lat.): quaerere Deum, si forte attrectent eum,Vulg. Act. 17, 27.

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