tangō tetigī, tāctus, ere TAG-, to touch: ut eorum ossa terra non tangat: de expiandis, quae Locris in templo Proserpinae tacta violataque essent, L.: virgā Virginis os, O.: cubito stantem prope tangens, H.

—Of places, to border on, be contiguous to, adjoin, reach: qui (fundi) Tiberim fere omnes tangunt: haec civitas Rhenum tangit, Cs.: quae (villa) viam tangeret: vertice sidera, O.

— To touch, take, take away, carry off: Tetigin tui quidquam? T.: de praedā meā teruncium.

—To taste, partake of, eat, drink: illa (corpora), O.: singula dente superbo, H.

—To reach, arrive at, come to: provinciam: portūs, V.: lucum gradu, O.: Et tellus est mihi tacta, O.: nocturno castra dolo, O.

—To touch, strike, hit, beat: chordas, O.: Te hora Caniculae Nescit tangere, to affect, H.: quemquam praeterea oportuisse tangi, i. e. be put to death.

—In the phrase, de caelo tactus, struck by lightning: statua aut aera legum de caelo tacta: tacta de caelo multa, duae aedes, etc., L.

—Of sexual contact, to take hold of, touch, handle: Virginem, T.: matronam, H.: si non tangendi copiast, T.

—To besprinkle, mositen, wash, smear, dye: corpus aquā, O.: supercilium madidā fuligine tactum, Iu.

—Fig., to touch, reach, move, affect, impress: minae Clodi modice me tangunt: animum, L.: mentem mortalia tangunt, V.: Nec formā tangor, O.: religione tactus hospes, L.

—To take in, trick, dupe, cozen, cheat (old): senem triginta minis, Poet. ap. c.

—To sting, nettle, wound: Rhodium in convivio, T.

—To touch upon, mention, speak of, refer to: leviter unum quidque: ne tangantur rationes ad Opis, be discussed: hoc ulcus tangere Aut nominare uxorem? T.

—To take in hand, undertake: carmina, O.