rem acu tango

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rem the accusative of rēs (“thing, matter, issue”) + acū (“with a needle”), the ablative of acus (“a needle”) + tangō (“I touch”). Literally meaning "I touch the issue with a needle", "I touch the matter with a needle", or "I touch it with a needle".

Pronunciation

Verb

rem acū tangō (present infinitive rem acū tangere, perfect active rem acū tetigī, supine rem acū tāctum); third conjugation

  1. (idiomatic) to hit the nail on the head

Usage notes

  • Usually used in the active perfect second person singular form rem acū tetigistī (“'you have touched the matter with a needle'; you have hit the nail on the head”), the word rem is sometimes omitted as in acū tetigistī (“'you have touched with a needle'- you have hit the nail on the head”). It is also used in the third person; rem acū tetigit (“'he touched it with a needle'- he has hit the nail on the head”).[1]

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rem acū tangō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rem acū tangō rem acū tangis rem acū tangit rem acū tangimus rem acū tangitis rem acū tangunt
imperfect rem acū tangēbam rem acū tangēbās rem acū tangēbat rem acū tangēbāmus rem acū tangēbātis rem acū tangēbant
future rem acū tangam rem acū tangēs rem acū tanget rem acū tangēmus rem acū tangētis rem acū tangent
perfect rem acū tetigī rem acū tetigistī rem acū tetigit rem acū tetigimus rem acū tetigistis rem acū tetigērunt,
rem acū tetigēre
pluperfect rem acū tetigeram rem acū tetigerās rem acū tetigerat rem acū tetigerāmus rem acū tetigerātis rem acū tetigerant
future perfect rem acū tetigerō rem acū tetigeris rem acū tetigerit rem acū tetigerimus rem acū tetigeritis rem acū tetigerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present rem acū tangam rem acū tangās rem acū tangat rem acū tangāmus rem acū tangātis rem acū tangant
imperfect rem acū tangerem rem acū tangerēs rem acū tangeret rem acū tangerēmus rem acū tangerētis rem acū tangerent
perfect rem acū tetigerim rem acū tetigerīs rem acū tetigerit rem acū tetigerīmus rem acū tetigerītis rem acū tetigerint
pluperfect rem acū tetigissem rem acū tetigissēs rem acū tetigisset rem acū tetigissēmus rem acū tetigissētis rem acū tetigissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — rem acū tange — — rem acū tangite —
future — rem acū tangitō rem acū tangitō — rem acū tangitōte rem acū tanguntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives rem acū tangere rem acū tetigisse rem acū tāctūrum esse — — —
participles rem acū tangēns — rem acū tāctūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
rem acū tangendī rem acū tangendō rem acū tangendum rem acū tangendō rem acū tāctum rem acū tāctū

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