pronoun
egomet
egomet
Classical[ˈɛ.ɡɔ.mɛt]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.ɡo.met]
Meaning
- I myself
Quis tē verberāvit? —Egomet mēmet, quī nunc sum domī.
Who has beaten you? —I myself, who am now at home, beat myself.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 2.1.607Dōnec Sōsia illic egomet fēcit sibi utī crēderem.
Until that Sosia—my own self—made it so I would believe him.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo 2.1.598
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | egomet | — |
| genitive | meīmet | — |
| dative | mihimet | — |
| accusative | mēmet | — |
| ablative | mēmet | — |
| vocative | egomet | — |
ĕgŏmet,
I. v. the preced. art. and met.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
egomet see -met.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂
- Proto-Italic*egō
- Archaic Latineco
- Latinegomet
Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *-meti? Latin -met Latin egomet From egō̆ (“I”) + -met (“-self”, intensive suffix).