nosmet
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoːs.mɛt]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔz.met̪]
Pronoun
nōsmet
- ourselves
- c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus I.iv.462–463:
- Sunt quae te volumus percontari, quae quasi per nebulam nosmet scimus atque audivimus.
- There are some things about which we wish to inquire of you, which we ourselves know and have heard of as though through a cloud of mist.
- Sunt quae te volumus percontari, quae quasi per nebulam nosmet scimus atque audivimus.
Declension
Pronominal declension with -met suffix.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | nōsmet |
| genitive | nostrīmet nostrummet |
| dative | nōbīsmet |
| accusative | nōsmet |
| ablative | nōbīsmet |
| vocative | nōsmet |
Related terms
References
- “nosmet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nosmet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nosmet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.