attrectātĭo

I. A touching, handling (post-Aug.), Gell. 11, 18, 23: boves frequenti manūs attrectatione mansuescere, Pall. Mart. 12, 1 al.—

II. In gram., a term applied to words which denote a taking of many things together; as, fasceatim, Quint. 1, 4, 20.