P / pertractātĭo
noun

pertractātĭo

gen. pertractātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
and , , pertracto, a touching; hence trop.
A handling
A handling: partium aegrarum, Gell. 5, 1, 4.—
A handling; an occupying; busying one's self with
A handling, i. e. an occupying or busying one's self with any thing, application to any thing: poëtarum, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187: rerum publicarum, id. ib. 1, 11, 48.