treat (v.) Copy link Outline I. To deal with or use in a certain manner1. hăbeo, 22. tracto, 13. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. with ref. to a person who is put at another's disposal to punish or to spare)4. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (to behave towards in daily intercourse5. expr. by affĭcio, fēci, ctum, 3 (to affect or visit with somethingII. Medically to t. a patient or a complaintIII. To discuss1. tracto, 12. dispŭto, dissĕro, foll. by de and abl.3. absolvo, vi, lūtum, 3 (to finish off and dispose of a subject)4. to denote the matter discussed in a book, when the subject is not a personal oneIV. To entertain (sumptuously)V. To carry on negotiations • treat (v.): I. To deal with or use in a certain manner: 1. hăbeo, 2: to t. with particular respect, praecipuo honore h., Caes. B. G. 5, 54: to t. with consideration and handsomely, accurate et liberaliter h., Sall. Jug. 103: to t. any one with contempt, aliquem contemptui h., Suet. Aug. 93. 2. tracto, 1: I will not t. (you) as consul, non tractabo ut consulem, Cic. Ph. 2, 5, 10: to t. handsomely, liberaliter tr., id. Verr. Act. 1, 8, 23: to t. dutifully, honourably, with outrage, etc., pie, honorifice, injuriose, etc., tr.: Cic.: Hor. 3. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (esp. with ref. to a person who is put at another's disposal to punish or to spare): to t. any one gently and mercifully, aliquem leniter clementerque a., Cic. Verr. 4, 40, 86: when I have been shamefully t.'d, indignis quum egomet sim acceptus modis, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 12. 4. ūtor, ūsus, 3 (to behave towards in daily intercourse: with abl.): not to t. her as his mother, ut illa matre ne uteretur, Cic. Clu. 6, 16: v. to associate. 5. expr. by affĭcio, fēci, ctum, 3 (to affect or visit with something: with acc. and abl.): to t. illustrious men with insult, viros clarissimos contumelia af., Lentulus in Cic. Fam. 12, 15: so, to t. with injury, injuria af. (but honore afficere is, to bestow an honour upon, and is quite different from honorifice tractare, to t. with respect). Phr.: to t. with insult, contumeliam alicui facere, imponere (v. insult): to t. with injustice, injuriam alicui facere, imponere, inferre, etc. (v. injury, injustice): to t. any one with contempt (and mockery), ludibrio aliquem habere, Pl. Cas. 3, 5, 26: to t. with special indulgence or kindness, alicui indulgere praecipue, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: so, to t. with the greatest confidence, alicui maxime confidere, ib. II. Medically to t. a patient or a complaint: cūro, 1 (to cure): to t. patients mildly, aegrotantes leniter c., Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83: Cels. So also mĕdeor, 2 (with dat.) may serve: v. to heal. Often not to be expr. by any single word: some t. this complaint in one way, others in another, *hoc morbo aegrotanti alius aliud medicamentum dat; alius aliud medicinae genus adhibet: v. medicine. III. To discuss: 1. tracto, 1: to t. a subject carefully, quaestionem diligenter t., Cic. Rep. 2, 43: I shall t. of the winds with greater nicety, ventos scrupulosius tractabo, Plin. 2, 46, 45. Rarely foll. by de and abl. (to t. of): Suet. Aug. 35, fin. Comp. pertracto, 1 (to t. thoroughly, study carefully): Cic.: Plin. min. 2. dispŭto, dissĕro, foll. by de and abl.: v. to discuss. 3. absolvo, vi, lūtum, 3 (to finish off and dispose of a subject): I will briefly t. of the conspiracy of Catiline, de Catilinae conjuratione paucis absolvam, Sall. Cat. 4. 4. to denote the matter discussed in a book, when the subject is not a personal one: use scribi (conscribi): three books which t. of his own past life, tres libri scripti de ipsius vita acta, Cic. Br. 29, 112: so, liber conscriptus de ..., ib. 35, 132: and in speaking of a work presumed to be well known, esse: the dialogue of Plato which t.s of the soul, Platonis liber qui est de animo, id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24. Phr.: to be t.ing of a certain subject, aliquam rem in manibus habere, ib. 5, 7, 18: to have to t. of a difficult subject, in re difficili versari, id. Leg. 3, 15, init. IV. To entertain (sumptuously): invīto, 1: to invite. To t. oneself, invīto, 1: with pron. refl.: v. to indulge. V. To carry on negotiations: ăgo, 3: v. to negotiate, negotiation.