semet
Latin
Etymology
Pronoun
sēmet
- oneself, himself, herself, itself
- 27 BC–14 AD, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, volume II, section 12:
- ne ignorando regem semet ipse aperiret quis esset
- lest his ignorance of the king would reveal who he was
- c. 105–116, Tacitus, Ab excessu divi Augusti (Annales), volume II, section LXXXI:
- regressusque et pro muris, modo semet adflictando, modo singulos nomine ciens, praemiis vocans, seditionem coeptabat
- and from the walls after having returned, now beating himself on the chest, now rousing individuals by name, calling on them with rewards, he attempted to raise a mutiny
Declension
Pronominal declension with -met suffix.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | — |
| genitive | suīmet | suīmet |
| dative | sibimet | sibimet |
| accusative | sēmet | sēmet |
| ablative | sēmet | sēmet |
| vocative | — | — |
References
- “semet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- semet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.