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|lshtext=<b>at-tingo</b>: (not adt-), tĭgi, tactum, 3, v. a. [[tango]] ([[ante]]-[[class]]. form attĭgo, ĕre,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]; attinge = attingam, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 26 Müll.; v. Müll. ad h. l.; [[concerning]] [[attigo]], āre, v. fin.), to [[touch]], [[come]] in [[contact]] [[with]]; constr. [[with]] the acc.; [[poet]]. [[with]] ad.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[mento]] summam aquam, vet. poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: vestem, Att. ap. Non. p. 75, 32: Egone Argivum [[imperium]] attingam, id. Trag. Rel. p. 166 Rib.: [[suaviter]] (omnia) attingunt, Lucr. 4, 623: nec [[enim]] ullum hoc frigidius [[flumen]] attigi, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: [[prius]] [[quam]] [[aries]] murum attigisset, Caes. B. G. 2, 32: pedibus terram, Nep. Eum. 5, 5: [[quisquis]] (vas) attigerit, Vulg. Lev. 15, 23: nos [[nihil]] tuorum attigimus, id. Gen. 26, 29: ([[medicus]]) pulsum venarum attigit, Tac. A. 6, 50: se esse possessorem soli, [[quod]] [[primum]] Divus [[Augustus]] [[nascens]] attigisset, Suet. Aug. 5 (cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 46: Tactaque nascenti [[corpus]] haberet [[humus]], acc. to the [[practice]] of laying [[new]]-[[born]] children [[upon]] the [[ground]]; v. [[tollo]]).—Poet.: ([[Callisto]]) [[miles]] erat Phoebes, nec Maenalon attigit ([[nor]] did [[there]] [[touch]], [[set]] [[foot]] on) ulla Gratior hac Triviae, Ov. M. 2, 415: [[usque]] ad [[caelum]] attingebat stans in terrā, Vulg. Sap. 18, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With partic. [[access]]. ideas.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[touch]] by [[striking]], to [[strike]]; [[rarely]] in a [[hostile]] [[manner]], to [[attack]], [[assault]]: ne me attingas, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 106; ne attigas me, id. Truc. 2, 2, 21: ne attigas puerum [[istac]] caussā, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 41 (quoted by Non. p. 75, 33): Si tu illam attigeris [[secus]] [[quam]] dignumst liberam, Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 91.—Of [[lightning]]: ICTV. FVLMINIS. ARBORES. ATTACTAE. ARDVERINT., Fragm. Fratr. Arval. Inscr. Orell. 961; cf. Fest. s. v. scribonianum, p. 333 Müll., and s. v. obstitum, p. 193: si Vestinus attingeretur, i. e. ei [[bellum]] indiceretur, Liv. 8, 29; so Suet. Ner. 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In mal. [[part]]., [[aliquam]], to [[touch]]: virginem, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 61; Cat. 67, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[touch]] in [[eating]], to [[taste]], [[crop]]: nulla [[neque]] amnem Libavit [[quadrupes]], nec graminis attigit herbam, Verg. E. 5, 26.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[local]] relations, to [[come]] to a [[place]], to [[approach]], [[reach]], [[arrive]] at ([[class]].; esp. freq. in the histt.): aedīs ne attigatis, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 37: ut [[primum]] Asiam attigisti, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8: cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: Siciliam, Nep. [[Dion]], 5, 3: Syriam ac legiones, Tac. A. 2, 55: saltuosos locos, id. ib. 4, 45: Urbem, id. Or. 7 fin.: In paucis diebus [[quam]] Capreus attigit etc., Suet. Tib. 60; id. Calig. 44; id. Vesp. 4 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., to [[touch]], [[lie]] [[near]], [[border]] [[upon]], be [[contiguous]] to: [[Theseus]] ... Attigit injusti regis Gortynia tecta, Cat. 64, 75: Cappadociae [[regio]], quae Ciliciam attingeret, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4; id. Pis. 16 fin.: ([[stomachus]]) utrāque ex parte tonsillas attingens, etc., id. N. D. 2, 54, 135: eorum fines [[Nervii]] attingebant, Caes. B. G. 2, 15: ITEM. COLLEGIA. QVAE. ATTINGVNT. EIDEM. FORO, Inscr. Orell. 3314: attingere parietem, Vulg. Ezech. 41, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[touch]], [[affect]], [[reach]]: nec [[desiderium]] nos attigit, Lucr. 3, 922 (adficit, Lachm.): [[ante]] [[quam]] [[voluptas]] aut [[dolor]] attigerit, Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 16: [[nimirum]] me [[alia]] [[quoque]] [[causa]] delectat, quae te non attingit, id. Leg. 2, 1, 3: quo [[studio]] providit, ne [[qua]] me illius temporis [[invidia]] attingeret, id. Fam. 3, 10, 10: si [[qua]] de Pompeio nostro tuendo ... [[cura]] te attingit, id. Att. 9, 11, A: erant perpauci, quos ea [[infamia]] attingeret, Liv 27, 11, 6: [[cupidus]] attingere gaudia, to [[feel]], Prop. 1, 19, 9: vox, [[sonus]], attigit aures, Val. Fl. 2, 452; Claud. B. Get: 412; Manil. 1, 326.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[touch]] [[upon]] in [[speaking]], etc., to [[mention]] [[slightly]]: paucis rem, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 11: [[summatim]] attingere, Lucr. 3, 261: ut meos [[quoque]] attingam, Cat. 39, 13: [[quod]] [[perquam]] [[breviter]] perstrinxi [[atque]] attigi, Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 201; id. Fam. 2, 4 fin.: si [[tantummodo]] [[summas]] attigero, Nep. Pelop. 1, 1: [[invitus]] ea, [[tamquam]] vulnera, [[attingo]], sed [[nisi]] tacta tractataque sanari non possunt, Liv. 28, 27: ut seditionem attigit, Tac. A. 1, 35: familiae (Galbae) [[breviter]] attingam, Suet. Galb. 3 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[touch]], i. e. to [[undertake]], [[enter]] [[upon]] [[some]] [[course]] of [[action]] (esp. [[mental]]), to [[apply]] one's [[self]] to, be [[occupied]] [[with]], [[engage]] in, to [[take]] in [[hand]], [[manage]]: quae [[isti]] rhetores ne primoribus [[quidem]] labris attigissent, Cic. de Or. 1, 19, 87; cf. id. Cael. 12; id. Arch. 8: [[egomet]], qui [[sero]] ac [[leviter]] Graecas litteras attigissem, id. de Or. 1, 18, 82: orationes, id. Or. 13, 41: poëticen, Nep. Att. 18, 5; so Suet. Aug. 85: liberales disciplinas omnes, id. Ner. 52: studia, id. Gram. 9: ut [[primum]] [[forum]] attigi, i. e. accessi, adii, applied [[myself]] to [[public]] affairs, Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3: [[arma]], Liv. 3, 19: militiam resque bellicas, Suet. Calig. 43: curam rei publicae, id. Tib. 13: ad Venerem seram, Ov. A. A. 2, 701.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 4.) To [[arrive]] [[somewhere]]: [[quod]] ab [[illo]] attigisset [[nuntius]], Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 19 (cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 3: si a me tetigit [[nuntius]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 5.) To [[come]] [[near]] to in [[quality]], to be [[similar]]; or to belong to, [[appertain]] to, to [[concern]], [[relate]] to: quae [[nihil]] attingunt ad rem nec sunt usui, Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 32: haec quemque attigit, id. ib. 1, 1, 20: attingit animi naturam corporis [[similitudo]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30; id. Fam. 13, 7, 4; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1: quae non [[magis]] legis [[nomen]] attingunt, [[quam]] si latrones [[aliqua]] sanxerint, id. Leg. 2, 5: Segestana, Centuripina [[civitas]], quae cum officiis, [[fide]], vetustate, tum [[etiam]] cognatione populi Romani [[nomen]] attingunt, id. Verr. 2, 5, 32: ([[labor]]) non attingit deum, id. N. D. 1, 9, 22: [[primus]] [[ille]] ([[locus]]), qui in veri cognitione consistit, [[maxime]] naturam attingit humanam, id. Off. 1, 6, 18; id. Tusc. 5, 33, 93; id. Fin. 5, 9.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Si [[quid]] eam [[humanitus]] attigisset (for the usu. [[euphemism]], accidisset), if [[any]] [[misfortune]] had happened to her, App. Mag. p. 337.!*? Ne me attiga [[atque]] aufer manum, Turp. ap. Non. p. 75, 30 dub. (Rib. here reads attigas, Com. Rel. p. 98): custodite istunc, ne attigat, Pac., Trag. Rel. p. 105 Rib.