tangere - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Inherited from Latin tangere, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.d͡ʒe.re/
• Rhymes: -andʒere
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ge‧re

tàngere (third-person only, third-person singular present tànge, no past historic, no past participle) (transitive)

1. to touch
2. to touch emotionally, to elicit an emotional response in

• This verb is missing its past historic and past participle. In addition, in modern usage this verb is used only in the third person. The participles, tatto and tangente, have survived with other meanings.

• toccare

• argente, regnate

tangēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of tangō

tangere

1. inflection of tangō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative