rem acu tango

Latin

Alternative forms

acū tangō

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrẽː ˈa.kuː ˈtaŋ.ɡoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛm ˈaː.ku ˈt̪aŋ.ɡo]

Verb

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

(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 hit the nail on the head”, literally “you have touched the matter with a needle”); the word rem is sometimes omitted as in acū tetigistī (“you have hit the nail on the head”, literally “you have touched with a needle”). It is also used in the third person; rem acū tetigit (“he has hit the nail on the head”, literally “he touched it with a needle”).^[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of rem acū tangō (third conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
passive	present	—	—		rēs acū tangitur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		rēs acū tangēbātur	—	—		—
	future	—	—		rēs acū tangētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		rēs acū tācta est	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		rēs acū tācta erat	—	—		—
	future perfect	—	—		rēs acū tācta erit	—	—		—
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		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
passive	present	—	—		rēs acū tangātur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		rēs acū tangerētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		rēs acū tācta sit	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		rēs acū tācta esset	—	—		—
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	rem acū tange		—	—	rem acū tangite		—
active	future	—	rem acū tangitō		rem acū tangitō	—	rem acū tangitōte		rem acū tanguntō
passive	future	—	—		rēs acū tangitor	—	—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		rem acū tangere		rem acū tangī		rem acū tangēns		—
future		rem acū tāctūrum esse		rem acū tāctum īrī		rem acū tāctūrus		rēs acū tangenda, rēs acū tangunda
perfect		rem acū tetigisse		rem acū tāctam esse		—		rēs acū tācta
future perfect		—		rem acū tāctam fore		—		—
perfect potential		rem acū tāctūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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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