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taxo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [tago, tango], to touch sharply, to feel, handle (post-Aug.; but cf. taxatio; syn.: tango, tracto).

  1. I. Lit. (very rare): taxare pressius crebriusque est quam tangere, unde procul dubio id inclinatum est, Gell. 2, 6, 5; cf. Macr. S. 6, 7; Fest. pp. 356 and 357 Müll.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To twit, censure, reproach, charge, or tax with a fault, etc.: Cassius Parmensis quādam epistolā sic taxat Augustum: Materna tibi farina, etc., Suet. Aug. 4: divortium suum cum uxore, id. Dom. 10: in piris taxatur superbia cognomine, i. e. they are called superba, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 53.
    2. B. To rate, value, appraise, estimate, determine the worth of a thing (qs. by feeling of or handling it; cf. aestimo, to judge of the value, etc.): chrysocolla aspera taxatur in libras denariis septem, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90: talentum Attieum denariis sex millibus taxat Varro, id. 35, 11, 40, § 136: senatorum cen sum ampliavit ac pro octingentorum milium summa duodecies HS. taxavit, Suet. Aug. 41; taxato prius modo summae, id. Calig. 38 et saep.
    3. C. To judge of, estimate, compute, reckon, etc., Plin. 6, 33, 38, § 207; cf.: totum sinum quatridui navigatione in longitudinem taxavit, id. 6, 28, 33, § 163: modii duo anulorum Carthaginem missi, dignitasque equestris taxata mensura, Flor. 2, 6, 18: timorem tuum taxa, Sen. Ep. 24, 2; cf.: tanti quodque malum est, quanti illud taxavimus, id. Cons. ad Marc. 19, 1: uni sapienti notum est, quanti res quaeque taxanda sit, id. Ep. 81, 7: taxata stipendio hiberna, Flor. 1, 12, 8: scelera taxantur modo majore, more severely punished, Sen. Herc. Fur. 746.