contrectatio
From LSJ
Ἡ κοιλία καὶ πολλὰ χωρεῖ κὠλίγα → Ut multa venter accipit, sic paucula → Der Bauch fasst wenig, aber ebenso auch viel
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
contrectātĭo: (contract-), ōnis. f. id.,
I a touching, touch, contact (very rare).
I Prop.: equae, vaccae, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: quam contrectationes et amores soluti et liberi, id. Rep. 4, 4, 4; cf. Dig. 41, 2, 3, § 18.—
II In the jurists, an illegal appropriation of a thing to one's self, stealing, theft, Dig. 47, 2, 1, § 2; Paul. Sent. 2, 31, 29.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
contrectātĭō, ōnis, f. (contrecto),
1 attouchement : Cic. Nat. 1, 77
2 détournement [droit] : Paul. Dig. 47, 2, 1.
