adtrectatio

attrectātĭo ( adt- ), ōnis, f. [attrecto].

I.

A touching, handling (post-Aug.), Gell. 11, 18, 23:

boves frequenti manūs attrectatione mansuescere,

Pall. Mart. 12, 1 al. —

II.

In gram., a term applied to words which denote a taking of many things together; as, fasceatim, Quint. 1, 4, 20.