contactus
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contactus: a, um, Part., from 1. contingo.
contactus: ūs, m. 1. contingo (except once in Sall., perh. not ante-Aug.),
I a touching, touch, contact.
I In gen., Verg. A. 3, 227; Ov. M. 4, 52; 11, 111; Col. 11, 3, 50; Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 40; 33, 7, 40, § 122; in plur.: viriles, Ov. M. 7, 239.—
II Esp., a touching of something unclean, a contagion, infection.
A Prop., Liv. 4, 30, 8; 25, 26, 8; Tac. A. 4, 49; 6, 7.—
B Trop. (several times in Tac.): neu patiamini licentiam scelerum, quasi tabem, ad integros contactu procedere, Sall. H. 1, 48, 9 Dietsch; Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 4: oculos a contactu dominationis inviolatos habebamus, Tac. Agr. 30; so, contactu valentiorum, id. H. 1, 11.—Absol.: discedite a contactu ac dividite turbidos, Tac. A. 1, 43: contactu bellum meditari, id. H. 2, 60.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) contāctus, a, um, part. de contingo.
(2) contāctŭs,¹² ūs, m. [en gén.] contact, attouchement : Virg. En. 3, 227 || [en part.] contact contagieux, contagion : Liv. 4, 30, 8 ; 25, 26, 8 ; [fig.] Tac. Agr. 30.
