tractus ūs, m TRAG-, a drawing, dragging, hauling, pulling, drawing out, trailing: tractu Ferre rotam, V.: longo Vellera mollibat tractu, O.: Syrtes ab tractu nominatae (i. e. from Gr. su/rw), S.: Squameus in spiram tractu se conligit anguis, V.

—A train, track, course: Flammarum, V.: (Phaethon) longo per aera tractu Fertur, in a long train (of fire), O.: (Cydnus) leni tractu e fontibus labens puro solo excipitur, Cu.: ut arborum tractu equitatus hostium impediretur, N.

—A stretch, extent: castrorum, L.: cuius (urbis) is est tractus ductusque muri, ut, etc.

—A territory, district, region, tract of land: oppidi, Cs.: Conruptus caeli, V.: Venafranus: Tractus uter plures lepores, uter educet apros, H.

—Fig., course, progress, movement: tractus orationis lenis.

—A drawing out, lengthening, drawling: verborum.