touch upon Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. attingo, 32. tango, 33. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 34. dēlībo, 1 (rare in this sense), to t. upon everything in telling a story, omnia narratione d., Quint. 4, 2, 55.5. percurro, 3 • touch upon: I. Lit.: tango, attingo: v. border. T.ing upon: contĭguus, contermĭnus: v. bordering, neighbouring. II. Fig.: 1. attingo, 3: I t. upon those subjects unwillingly, invitus ea a., Liv. 28, 27: Plaut.: Cic.: Sall. 2. tango, 3: that third point which has been t.'d upon by Crassus, illud tertium quod a Crasso tactum est, Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 43: I will t. upon each point slightly, leviter unum quodque t., id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83. 3. perstringo, nxi, ctum, 3: to merely t. upon each subject, tantummodo p. unamquamque rem, ib. 32, 91. Join: perquam breviter p. atque attingere, id. de Or. 2, 49, 201. 4. dēlībo, 1 (rare in this sense), to t. upon everything in telling a story, omnia narratione d., Quint. 4, 2, 55. 5. percurro, 3: v. run over, cursory. Or expr. by adv. summatim, strictim, with verbs meaning to speak, etc. Phr.: which topics your fine rhetoricians have not so much as t.'d upon, quae isti rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent, id. 1, 19, 87: to t. upon the principal points, rerum summas attingere, Nep. Pelop. 1.