treatment Copy link Outline 1. tractātio, and in abl. sing. tractātus, ūs (in most senses of Eng.)2. cūrātio3. very oft. expr. by verb4. expr. kind t., severe t., merciful t., insulting t., etc., by single word • treatment: 1. tractātio, and in abl. sing. tractātus, ūs (in most senses of Eng.): t. (taming and management) of brutes, beluarum tractatio, Cic. Off. 2, 5, 17: ill t. (bad usage), mala t., Quint. 7, 4, 10: t. of questions, t. quaestionum, id. 4, 5, 6: the greatest part of oratory lies in the t. of the just and good, maxima pars orationis in tractatu aequi bonique consistit, id. 12, 1, 8: to judge of a person's opinion by his entire t. (of the subject), toto tractatu sententiam alicujus judicare, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 45. 2. cūrātio: to have recourse to a dangerous t. (or cure), periculosam c. adhibere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83 (in same sense, periculosa medicina, Phaedr. 1, 8, 9): v. management. 3. very oft. expr. by verb: v. to treat (throughout). 4. expr. kind t., severe t., merciful t., insulting t., etc., by single word: benignitas, indulgentia, inclementia, etc.: v. kindness, etc.