tetigit

I think Lewis has nailed something important here — Rem acu tetigit.

What ho, 2009!

Et vidit quod non praevaleret ei, et tetigit palam femoris ejus, et movit se pala femoris Iahacob, luctante illo cum eo.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2

Idciro non comedunt filii Israel nervum contractionis, qui est in pala femoris, usque ad diem hanc: quia tetigit palam femoris Iahacob in nervo contractionis.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2

The sources from which Shakespeare drew the plots of his three dozen of plays are for the most part easily recognisable; and although in each case the material was altered to suit his requirements -- _nihil tetigit quod non ornavit_ -- there is as a rule very little doubt as to the derivation.

The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'

Tum Circé, quae artis magicae summam scientiam habébat, baculó aureó quod gerébat capita eórum tetigit; quó factó omnés in porcós subitó conversí sunt.

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader

He was a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, and an historian; a writer who, in the words of his epitaph, -- written by Dr. Johnson, and with no extravagant eulogium, -- touched all subjects, and touched none that he did not adorn, -- _nullum quod tetigit non ornavit_.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

Ille etsí suspicátus est venénum sibi parátum esse, póculum exhausit; quó factó Circé postquam caput éius baculó tetigit, ea verba locúta est quibus sociós éius anteá in porcós converterat.

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader

Johnson said of Goldsmith, that "nihil quod tetigit non ornavit."

The Symbolism of Freemasonry

The predominating cause of Punch's resentment was the historic episode of the opening of suspect correspondence, notably that of Mazzini; but Sir James Graham could do nothing right in Punch's view: nihil tetigit quod non foedavit.

Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857

Mnesilochum ut requiram atque ut eum mecum ad te adducam simul. nam illud animus meus miratur, si a me tetigit nuntius, quid remoretur. ibo ut visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives