semet

See also: semeț and šɛmɛt

Latin

Etymology

From suī +‎ -met.

Pronoun

sēmet

  1. oneself, himself, herself, itself
    27 BC14 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. 105116, 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.