-met

See also: met, Met, MET, mét, mèt, mệt, and met-

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to the ablative form of the first person singular personal pronoun, egō, which was mēt/mēd in Old Latin.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-met

  1. an intensifier of substantive and less frequently adjective personal pronouns, it is usually followed by "ipse"
    • ego meaning "I" → egomet meaning "I myself"
    • mihi the dative of ego → mihimet meaning "to myself"
    • me the ablative and accusative of ego → memet meaning "me myself" or "myself"
    • nos meaning "we" → nosmet meaning "ourselves"
    • nobis the ablative and dative of nos → nobismet meaning "to/in/with ourselves"
    • tu meaning "you" + te the ablative and accusative of tu → tutemet meaning "you yourself"
    • tibi the dative of tu → tibimet meaning "to you yourself"
    • vos meaning "you (people)" or "ye" → vosmet meaning "yourselves"
    • mea meaning "my" or "mine" → meamet meaning "my very own"
    • se → semet meaning "himself"
    • sua → suamet meaning "his very own"

Derived terms
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