A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Touch, a touching, a handling: tactus,-us (s.m.IV), acc. sing. tactum, abl. sing. tactu; contactus,-us (s.m.IV), acc. sg. contactum, abl. sg. contactu; tactio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. tactione, a touch, a touching, the sense of touch, of feeling; contagio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. contagione, contagion, a touching or contact by something unclean;’ see bruise; - caespites laete virides, tactu lubricae et eximie flexiles (Agardh), clumps bright green slippery to the touch and exceptionally supple. - contagio pestifera, desease-borne contagion (contact or touch). - folia ad tactum mollia, leaves soft to the touch (Stearn). - pileus tactu tarde brunnescens, pileus, with touching, slowly turning brown. - contextus albidus, tactu fulvo-rubellus demum atratus; context whitish, with touching cinnamon-buff, at length black. - nervi in superficiebus ambabus folii ad tactum imperceptibiles, the nerves on both sides of the leaf imperceptible to the touch. - corpus visu tactuque manifestum, a body manifest to the sight and touch. - voluptates oculorum et tactionum et odorationum et saporum, pleasures of the eyes and the touchings, smellings and tastings. Note: textura,-ae (s.f.I), abl.sg. textura refers to a web, weaving, a tissue, hence "soft in texture" is to be rendered "soft to the touch" as noted above.
Touch, a trace: vestigium,-ii (s.n.II), abl. sg. vestigio; particula,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. particula; see trace. sensitive to touch: tactilis,-e (adj.B) that which may be touched, tangible: tangibilis,-e (adj.B).
Touch, a shock from a, a twinge: stringor,-oris (s.m.III), abl. sg. stringore.