tractus

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English

Etymology

From Latin tractus.

Noun

tractus (plural tractuses or tracti)

  1. (anatomy, obsolete) A tract.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of trahō (“I drag; extract”).

Participle

tractus (feminine tracta, neuter tractum, adverb tractim); first/second-declension participle

  1. dragged, having been dragged
  2. trailed, having been trailed
  3. extracted, withdrawn, having been extracted or withdrawn
  4. plundered, squandered, having been plundered or squandered
  5. drawn out, prolonged, having been drawn out or prolonged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tractus tracta tractum tractī tractae tracta
genitive tractī tractae tractī tractōrum tractārum tractōrum
dative tractō tractae tractō tractīs
accusative tractum tractam tractum tractōs tractās tracta
ablative tractō tractā tractō tractīs
vocative tracte tracta tractum tractī tractae tracta

Descendants

Noun

tractus m (genitive tractūs); fourth declension

  1. drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling
  2. stretch, tract of land, region

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tractus tractūs
genitive tractūs tractuum
dative tractuī tractibus
accusative tractum tractūs
ablative tractū tractibus
vocative tractus tractūs

Descendants

References

  • “tractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tractus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tractus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tractus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Noun

tractus n (plural tractusuri)

  1. Alternative form of tract

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tractus tractusul tractusuri tractusurile
genitive-dative tractus tractusului tractusuri tractusurilor
vocative tractusule tractusurilor
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