I.by drawing along, i. e. little by little, by degress; in a drawling way, at length, slowly (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 418 Vahl.): “quid, si ego illum tractim tangam, ut dormiat?” i. e. should stroke him, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157: “ire,” Lucr. 3, 530; 6, 118: “susurrant,” Verg. G. 4, 260; so, “sonat jucundo hiatu,” Gell. 7, 20, 3: tractim pronuntiata littera i, i. e. pronounced long, id. 4, 6, 6; cf. “also, dicere (opp. festinanter),” slowly, Sen. Ep. 40, 9.
tractim , adv. tractus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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