tactus (noun M) : tango
* A touching, touch, handling (class.).
* Lit.: salutantum tactu praeterque meantum,Lucr. 1, 318: quae (chordae) ad quemque tactum respondeant,Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: leo asper tactu,Hor. C. 3, 2, 11; Verg. A. 2, 683; 7, 618; id. G. 3, 416; 3, 502: tactus Assilientis aquae,Ov. M. 6, 106: tactuque viriles Virgineo removete manus,id. ib. 13, 466; so, viriles,id. ib. 10, 434.—Prov.: membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum,Ov. P. 2, 7, 13.
* Transf.
* Influence, effect, operation: solis,Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: lunae,id. Div. 2, 46, 97: caeli,Verg. A. 3, 138: sentio illorum tactu orationem meam quasi colorari,Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60.
* The sense of feeling, feeling, touch: tactus corporis est sensus,Lucr. 2, 434 sq.: tactus toto corpore aequabiliter fusus est,Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141: ut caelum sub aspectum et tactum cadat,id. Univ. 5: habere tactum atque gustatum,Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10: Cyrenaei (dicunt) ea se sola percipere, quae tactu intimo sentiant, ut dolorem, ut voluptatem,Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 20: qui ... non odore ullo, non tactu, non sapore capiatur,id. Cael. 17, 42 (Lucr. 1, 454 is an interpolation; v. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.).

tactus, a, um, Part. of tango.