§144. Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns are used in the Oblique Cases to refer to the subject of the sentence or clause in which they stand (see § 299): as, sē amat, he loves himself.

a. In the first and second persons the oblique cases of the Personal pronouns are used as Reflexives: as, mē videō, I see myself; tē laudās, you praise yourself; nōbīs persuādēmus, we persuade ourselves.

b. The Reflexive pronoun of the third person has a special form used only in this sense, the same for both singular and plural. It is thus declined:—

• GEN. suī, of himself, herself, itself, themselves
• DAT. sibi, to himself, herself, itself, themselves
• ACC. sē ( sēsē), himself, herself, itself, themselves
• ABL. sē ( sēsē), [by] himself, herself, itself, themselves