rem acu tango

Latin

Alternative forms

• acū tangō

Etymology

From rem the accusative of res (“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".

Verb

rem acū tangō

1. (idiomatic) I 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”).

Inflection

Third Conjugation

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
	future	rem acū tangam	rem acū tangēs	rem acū tanget	rem acū tangēmus	rem acū tangētis	rem acū tangent
	imperfect	rem acū tangēbam	rem acū tangēbās	rem acū tangēbat	rem acū tangēbāmus	rem acū tangēbātis	rem acū tangēbant
	perfect	rem acū tetigī	rem acū tetigistī	rem acū tetigit	rem acū tetigimus	rem acū tetigistis	rem acū tetigērunt
	future perfect	rem acū tetigerō	rem acū tetigeris	rem acū tetigerit	rem acū tetigerimus	rem acū tetigeritis	rem acū tetigerint
	pluperfect	rem acū tetigeram	rem acū tetigerās	rem acū tetigerat	rem acū tetigerāmus	rem acū tetigerātis	rem acū tetigerant
passive	present	rem acū tangor	rem acū tangeris	rem acū tangitur	rem acū tangimur	rem acū tangiminī	rem acū tanguntur
	future	rem acū tangar	rem acū tangēris	rem acū tangētur	rem acū tangēmur	rem acū tangēminī	rem acū tangentur
	imperfect	rem acū tangēbar	rem acū tangēbāris	rem acū tangēbātur	rem acū tangēbāmur	rem acū tangēbāminī	rem acū tangēbantur
	perfect	Use rem acū tāctus m, rem acū tācta f, rem acū tāctum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use rem acū tāctus m, rem acū tācta f, rem acū tāctum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use rem acū tāctus m, rem acū tācta f, rem acū tāctum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
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
passive	present	rem acū tangar	rem acū tangāris	rem acū tangātur	rem acū tangāmur	rem acū tangāminī	rem acū tangantur
	imperfect	rem acū tangerer	rem acū tangerēris	rem acū tangerētur	rem acū tangerēmur	rem acū tangerēminī	rem acū tangerentur
	perfect	Use rem acū tāctus m, rem acū tācta f, rem acū tāctum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use rem acū tāctus m, rem acū tācta f, rem acū tāctum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	rem acū tange	rem acū tangitō	rem acū tangitō	rem acū tangere	rem acū tangitor	rem acū tangitor
	plural	rem acū tangite	rem acū tangitōte	rem acū tanguntō	rem acū tangiminī	—	rem acū tanguntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rem acū tangere	rem acū tetigisse	rem acū tāctūrus esse	rem acū tangī	rem acū tāctus esse	rem acū tāctum īrī
participles		rem acū tangēns (rem acū tangentis)	—	rem acū tāctūrus-ra, -rum	—	rem acū tāctus-a, -um	rem acū tangendus-nda, -ndum