LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

tāctiō

tāctiō f (genitive tāctiōnis)
Classical[ˈtaːk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtak.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a touching (not found outside the set phrase tāctiō esse, see usage notes)
    Therapontigonus: Em tibi. ¶ Curculio: O cives, cives. Therapontigonus: Quid clamas? Phaedromus: Quid tibi istum tactio est? ¶ Therapontigonus: Quia mihi lubitum est.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.2.25–27
    Sed quid tibi nos tactiost, mendice homo?c. 186 BCE, Plautus, Aulularia 3.2.9
  2. rarethe sense of touch; (countable) a sensing by touch
    […]; et qualis est haec [voluptas delectatio] aurium, tales sunt et oculorum et tactionum et odorationum et saporum, quae sunt omnes unius generis ad perfundendum animum tamquam inliquefactae voluptates.c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 4.20

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetāctiōtāctiōnēs
genitivetāctiōnistāctiōnum
dativetāctiōnītāctiōnibus
accusativetāctiōnemtāctiōnēs
ablativetāctiōnetāctiōnibus
vocativetāctiōtāctiōnēs

tactĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. Lit., a touching, touch (Plautin.), as a verbal noun with acc.: quid tibi hanc digito tactio est? Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 29; id. Aul. 3, 2, 9; 4, 10, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 56; id. Curc. 5, 2, 27. — *
II. Transf., the sense of touch, feeling: oculorum et tactionum et odorationum et saporum (voluptates), Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
  2. Proto-Italic*tangō
  3. Latintāctiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tāctiō From tangō + -tiō.

Quick answers

What does tāctiō mean in Latin?
tāctiō, a noun, means “a touching (not found outside the set phrase tāctiō esse, see usage notes); the sense of touch; (countable) a sensing by touch”.
What is the genitive of tāctiō?
The genitive singular is tāctiōnis. tāctiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce tāctiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈtaːk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtak.t͡si.o].
Where does tāctiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- → Proto-Italic *tangō → Latin tāctiō.