tactus+assilientis+aquae+o

tactus, a, um, Part. of tango.

tactus, ūs, m. [tango], a touching, touch, handling (class.).

Lit.:

salutantum tactu praeterque meantum,

Lucr. 1, 318:

quae (chordae) ad quemque tactum respondeant,

Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216:

leo asper tactu,

Hor. C. 3, 2, 11; Verg. A. 2, 683; 7, 618; id. G. 3, 416; 3, 502:

tactus Assilientis aquae,

Ov. M. 6, 106:

tactuque viriles Virgineo removete manus,

id. ib. 13, 466; so,

viriles,

id. ib. 10, 434.—Prov.:

membra reformidant mollem quoque saucia tactum,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 13.—

Transf.

Influence, effect, operation:

solis,

Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40:

lunae,

id. Div. 2, 46, 97:

caeli,

Verg. A. 3, 138:

sentio illorum tactu orationem meam quasi colorari,

Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 60.—

The sense of feeling, feeling, touch:

tactus corporis est sensus,

Lucr. 2, 434 sq.:

tactus toto corpore aequabiliter fusus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 56, 141:

ut caelum sub aspectum et tactum cadat,

id. Univ. 5:

habere tactum atque gustatum,

Plin. 11, 4, 3, § 10:

Cyrenaei (dicunt) ea se sola percipere, quae tactu intimo sentiant, ut dolorem, ut voluptatem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76; cf. id. ib. 2, 7, 20:

qui... non odore ullo, non tactu, non sapore capiatur,

id. Cael. 17, 42 (Lucr. 1, 454 is an interpolation; v. Lachm. and Munro ad loc.).