LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
pronoun

mē

mē
Classical[ˈmeː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː]

Meaning

  1. personalpronounme, myself; accusative singular of ego
  2. personalpronounby me, with me, from me; ablative singular of ego

me, for mihi, v. ego
I. init.

Origins

From a merger of: * Proto-Italic *mē, accusative of *egō; from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mé, accusative of *éǵh₂ (“I”) * Proto-Italic *med, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁méd, the corresponding ablative singular. Cognate with Ancient Greek με (me), ἐμέ (emé, “me”), Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”), Old English me, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺 (mik), Old Irish mé, Proto-Slavic *mene (Old Church Slavonic мене (mene), Russian меня́ (menjá)), Lithuanian mi, Albanian mua.

Descendants
  • Catalanme
  • Frenchme
  • Frenchmoi
  • Italianme
  • Italianmi
  • Portuguesemefrom Old Galician-Portuguese me
  • Romanianmă
  • Spanishme
  • Aromanianmi
  • Ligurianmi

Quick answers

What does mē mean in Latin?
mē, a pronoun, means “me, myself; accusative singular of ego; by me, with me, from me”.
How do you pronounce mē?
In classical Latin, [ˈmeː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈmɛː].