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) IPA^(key): /rem ˈa.kuː ˈtan.ɡoː/, [rɛ̃ˑ ˈäkuː ˈt̪äŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /rem ˈa.ku ˈtan.ɡo/, [rɛm ˈäːku ˈt̪äŋɡo]

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”).

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