LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
pronoun

tē1

tē
Classical[ˈteː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː]

Meaning

  1. accusative/ablative singular of tū

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

yourself
tē — in Seneca, ch. XIII

tē, v. tu.

Origins

From a merger of: * Proto-Italic *tē, accusative of *tū (“you (singular)”); from Proto-Indo-European *twé, *te, accusative of *túh₂ (“you (singular)”) * Proto-Italic *ted, from Proto-Indo-European *t(w)éd, the corresponding ablative singular.

Descendants
  • Catalante
  • Frenchte
  • Frenchtoi
  • Italiante
  • Italianti
  • Portuguesete
  • Romaniante
  • Spanishte
  • Aromanianti
  • Asturiante
noun · neuter
tē2
tē n or f (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈteː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtɛː]

Meaning

  1. indeclinableThe name of the Latin script letter T/t.

tĕ, a pronominal suffix, e. g. tute, tete; v tu.

Origins

Derived from Etruscan. Etruscan names of stops were the stop followed by /eː/.

Quick answers

What does tē mean in Latin?
tē, a pronoun, means “accusative/ablative singular of tū”.
How do you pronounce tē?
In classical Latin, [ˈteː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈtɛː].