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tangere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to touch.
Verb
to touch
English derivatives:
tangent tangible tact tactile contact contagious contiguous contingent integr taste tax
Verb
To make or come into physical contact with, touch. (b) to touch with some degree of force, tap or sim. (c) to touch, put one's hand on (an altar or other sacred object) in making an oath, etc. (d) (of things causing sense-impressions, w. adv.) to give such and such a sensation to.
To be immediately next to, border on. (b) to cause to be followed immediately (by).
To touch (with a substance) so as to leave a trace, film, or sim. (b) to touch (a substance) so as to cause some of it to adhere.
(also transf.) To touch (so as to affect more or less injuriously). (b) to touch (in a sexual or erotic sense). (c) de caelo, fulmine, or sim. ~ere, to strike with lightning (in quots., pf. pass); so pruina, etc., ~ere.
(also fig. or transf.) To touch (in order to make use of, carry out some process, etc.). (b) to touch (so as to take possession of, esp. wrongfully), lay hands on. (c) to taste (food, drink).
Animus eius pecūniā tangī nōn poterat.Compare His soul could not be touched by money.
Desine iam, Lalage, tristes ornare capillos, tangat et insanum nulla puella caput. (Martial, Epigrams II,66.3)Compare Stop, now, Lalage, to arrange your dire locks and let no maid touch your ill-tempered head.
Omnia enim stolidi magis admirantur amantque, inversis quae sub verbis latitantia cernunt, veraque constituunt quae belle tangere possunt auris et lepido quae sunt fucata sonore.Compare For dolts admire and love everything more which they see hidden amid distorted words, and set down as true whatever can prettily tickle the ears and all that is varnished over with find-sounding phrases.
Virginem vitiasti quam te non ius fuerat tangere.Compare You assaulted a girl whom you had no right no touch.
ACTIVE | |
Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
tangō tangis tangit tangimus tangitis tangunt | tangēbam tangēbās tangēbat tangēbāmus tangēbātis tangēbant |
Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
tetigī tetigistī tetigit tetigimus tetigistis tetigērunt / tetigēre | tetigeram tetigerās tetigerat tetigerāmus tetigerātis tetigerant |
Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
tangam tangēs tanget tangēmus tangētis tangent | tetigerō tetigeris tetigerit tetigerimus tetigeritis tetigerint |
Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
tangam tangās tangat tangāmus tangātis tangant | tangerem tangerēs tangeret tangerēmus tangerētis tangerent |
Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
tetigerim tetigeris tetigerit tetigerimus tetigeritis tetigerint | tetigissem tetigissēs tetigisset tetigissēmus tetigissētis tetigissent |
Infinitive present tangere Infinitive perfect tetigisse Infinitive future tāctūrum esse | Imperative present tange tangite Imperative future tangitō tangitō tangitōte tanguntō |
PASSIVE | |
Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
tangor tangeris tangitur tangimur tangiminī tanguntur | tangēbar tangēbāris / tangēbāre tangēbātur tangēbāmur tangēbāminī tangēbantur |
Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
tāctus sum tāctus es tāctus est tāctī sumus tāctī estis tāctī sunt | tāctus eram tāctus erās tāctus erat tāctī erāmus tāctī erātis tāctī erant |
Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
tangar tangēris / tangēre tangētur tangēmur tangēminī tangentur | tāctus erō tāctus eris tāctus erit tāctī erimus tāctī eritis tāctī erunt |
Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
tangar tangāris / tangāre tangātur tangāmur tangāminī tangantur | tangerer tangerēris / tangerēre tangerētur tangerēmur tangerēminī tangerentur |
Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
tāctus sim tāctus sīs tāctus sit tāctī sīmus tāctī sītis tāctī sint | tāctus essem tāctus essēs tāctus esset tāctī essēmus tāctī essētis tāctī essent |
Infinitive present tangī Infinitive perfect tāctum esse Infinitive future tāctum īrī | Imperative present tangere tangiminī Imperative future tangitor tangitor - tanguntor |
PARTICIPLE | ||
Participle present active | ||
Nom. | tangēns | tangentēs |
Gen. | tangentis | tangentium |
Dat. | tangentī | tangentibus |
Acc. | tangentem | tangentēs |
Abl. | tangente | tangentibus |
Participle future active | ||
Nom. | tāctūrus | tāctūrī |
Gen. | tāctūrī | tāctūrōrum |
Dat. | tāctūrō | tāctūrīs |
Acc. | tāctūrum | tāctūrōs |
Abl. | tāctūrō | tāctūrīs |
Participle perfect passive | ||
Nom. | tāctus | tāctī |
Gen. | tāctī | tāctōrum |
Dat. | tāctō | tāctīs |
Acc. | tāctum | tāctōs |
Abl. | tāctō | tāctīs |
Gerundive | ||
Nom. | tangendus | tangendī |
Gen. | tangendī | tangendōrum |
Dat. | tangendō | tangendīs |
Acc. | tangendum | tangendōs |
Abl. | tangendō | tangendīs |
Gerund | Supine | |
Nom. | tangere | tāctum |
Gen. | tangendī | tāctū |
Dat. | tangendō | |
Acc. | tangendum | |
Abl. | tangendō |
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