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.
treat (subs.) Copy link • treat (subs.): Phr.: we have had a great t.! *magnopere delectati sumus; quantum voluptatis ex ... accepimus! v. to delight, enjoy.
TREAT Copy link • TREAT 1. v. Transitively, To use in a certain manner, aliquem tractare, habere; well, ill, etc., bene, male, etc. To treat one kindly, liberaliter habere or tractare aliquem: to treat with respect, honorifice tractare aliquem: to treat with the greatest respect, summo honore afficere aliquem: to treat one with indulgence, indulgentia tractare aliquem; indulgere alicui (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 1, 40): to treat one in a hostile manner, in hostium numero habere; pro hoste habere or ducere: to treat one in the same manner as another, aliquem eodem loco habere quo alium: to treat with contempt, contumeliose agere (de). To manage, tractare aliquem or aliquid (the proper word): curare aliquem or aliquid (to attend to, wait upon): disputare, disserere de re (to handle; of a litterary subject). To treat a disease, curare morbum; adhibere morbo curationem: to treat a patient, aliquem tractare, curare: to suffer one’s self to be treated (of a patient), se curari pati: to suffer a patient to be treated by another physician, aegrotum alii medico tradere. To handle, discuss (a subject), agere rem, or dealiqua re (in general; Vid: Ochs: Cic., Ecl., p. 230): disputare, disserere de aliqua re (of the disputations of learned men; and disserere especially of a connected discourse; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 12 and 354): sermonem habere de re (to maintain a conversation; of two or more): dicere de aliqua re (to speak of): scribere de aliqua re: scriptura persequi aliquid (to write of). A book which treats of, etc. liber qui est or qui est conscriptus de etc. (☞ but not simply liber de, etc.): the books which usually treat concerning contempt of death, libri quos scribunt de contemnenda morte: to treat briefly of anything, paucis absolvere aliquid. To entertain, Vid: Intransitively. To negotiate, agere de re: postulare conditions alicujus rei. To treat with anyone, agere cum aliquo de aliqua re (in general); colloqui cum aliquo de aliqua re (by word of mouth); colloqui per internuncios cum aliquo, et de aliqua re mentionem facere (by the intervention of a third party): to treat for a thing, cum aliquo agere (etc.), ut. 2. s. Vid: ENTERTAINMENT.