LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tāctus

tāctus m (genitive tāctūs)

Meaning

  1. contact, the act of touching
  2. influence, effect
  3. the sense of touch

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetāctustāctūs
genitivetāctūstāctuum
dativetāctuītāctibus
accusativetāctumtāctūs
ablativetāctūtāctibus
vocativetāctustāctūs

tactus, a, um, Part. of tango.
tactus, ūs, m. tango,
I. a touching, touch, handling (class.).
I. 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.—
II. Transf.
A. 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.—
B. 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.).

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin tāctus From tangō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalantacte
  • Englishtact
  • Frenchtact
  • GermanTakt
  • Italiantatto
  • Occitantacte
  • Portuguesetato
  • Spanishtacto
  • Galiciantacto
  • Swedishtakt

Quick answers

What does tāctus mean in Latin?
tāctus, a noun, means “contact, the act of touching; influence, effect; the sense of touch”.
What is the genitive of tāctus?
The genitive singular is tāctūs. tāctus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does tāctus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- → Proto-Italic *tangō → Latin tāctus.