LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

tractātus

tractātus m (genitive tractātūs)

Meaning

  1. touching, handling, working
  2. management, treatment
  3. treatise, tract
  4. sermon, homily

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetractātustractātūs
genitivetractātūstractātuum
dativetractātuītractātibus
accusativetractātumtractātūs
ablativetractātūtractātibus
vocativetractātustractātūs

tractātus, ūs, m. tracto,
I. a touching, handling, working.
I. Lit. (rare; not in Cic.): nucum, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 87: plantae tractatu mansuescunt ut ferae, id. 17, 10, 12, § 66: tofacea aspera tractatu, id. 17, 7, 4, § 44.—
II. Trop., a handling, management, treatment (class.; esp. freq. in Quint.): artium (corresp. to the preced. tractantur), * Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 86: asperiorum tractatu rerum atteruntur (ingenia), Quint. 8, prooem. § 2; so, artis hujusce, id. ib. § 5: communis locorum, id. 12, 8, 2: temporis, id. 5, 10, 42: troporum, id. 1, 8, 16: aequi bonique, id. 12, 1, 8; 12, 2, 3: judicialis officii, Gell. 14, 2, 20; Vell. 2, 94, 4.—In plur.: tractatus omnes, Quint. 7, 6, 12: legales, id. 3, 8, 4.—
2. Esp., of mental handling. reflection, consideration: de copiis expensisque, Veg. Mil. 3, 3; Dig. 19, 5, 5: si cognitio prolixiorem tractatum habeat, ib. 36, 1, 3: in tractatu habere, Lact. Mort. Pers. 48, 2. —
3. A consultation, discussion: cum tractatu habito societas coïta est, Dig. 17, 2, 32: diu multumque tractatu inter nos habito, Cypr. Ep. 3, 3. —
B. Transf., in concr.
1. A treatise, tractate, tract: separatim toto tractatu sententia ejus judicanda est, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 45.—
2. In eccl. Lat., a sermon, homily: tractatus populares, quos Graece homilias vocant, Aug. Haeres. 4 praef.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintractātus

Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin tractō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin tractātus From tractō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalantractat
  • Englishtractate
  • GermanTraktat
  • Italiantrattato
  • Romaniantratatfrom Italian trattato
  • Occitantractat
  • Englishtreatyfrom Old French traitié
  • Frenchtraitéfrom Old French traitié
  • Portuguesetratado
  • Spanishtratado

In English words that came into English from tractātus

  • treatytractāre
  • tractatetractātus

Quick answers

What does tractātus mean in Latin?
tractātus, a noun, means “touching, handling, working; management, treatment; treatise, tract”.
What is the genitive of tractātus?
The genitive singular is tractātūs. tractātus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does tractātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? → Latin tractātus.