(P. a.) : tractus, a, um, Part. and of traho.

tractus (noun M) : traho
* A drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing.
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Of time: durante tractu et lentitudine mortis,Tac. A. 15, 64: belli,id. ib. 15, 10.
* In gram.: in tractu et declinatione talia sunt, qualia apud Ciceronem beatitas et beatitudo,a lengthening in derivation,Quint. 8, 3, 32 Spald.