pronoun
tibī̆
tibī̆
Classical[ˈtɪ.biː]Ecclesiastical[ˈtiː.bi]
Meaning
- to you, dative of tū
Tibi grātiās agō
I give thanks to yousī bene quid dē tē meruī, fuit aut tibi quicquam / dulce meum
if I earned any favor from you, or my [love] was in any way agreeable to you29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.317–318 - for you or by you
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
for yourself
tibi — in Seneca, ch. XI
tĭbī^, v. tu.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tibi or tibī
dat. of tu.
Origins
From Old Latin tibei, from Proto-Italic *teβei, itself from Proto-Indo-European *tébʰi.
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseti
- Spanishti
- Mozarabicتيب
Balkan Romance
- Romanianție
Italo-Romance
- Italianti
- Neapolitantevefrom Old Neapolitan tebe
Gallo-Romance
- Picardtifrom Old French ti
- Walloonti
Sardinian
- Logudoresetie
- Nuoresetibi
- Nuoresetibe