Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1087.mē on page 1087
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mē I
mē is a Latin Pronoun that primarily means I.
Definitions for mē
Wheelock's Latin
Pronoun
- 1
me, myself
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Pronoun
- 1
acc. and abl. of EGO
Sentences with mē
Latin to English
Tū mē (nōs) nōn capiēs.Compare You will not capture me (us).
Sī mē amat, dēbet mē laudāre.Compare If he (she) loves me, he (she) ought to praise me.
Tē cum eō ad mē mittent.Compare They will send you (sg.) with him to me.
Tū mē hortāris ut sim animō magnō et spem salūtis habeam, sed timeō nē sim īnfīrmior.Compare You urge me to be of great courage and to have hope of safety, but I fear that I may be too weak.
Si vis me flere, dolendum est primum ipsi tibi.Compare If you wish to draw tears from me, you must first feel pain yourself.
Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium dis miscent superis.Compare For me, the ivy crown which rewards the poet's brow admits me to the company of gods.
Quamvis me ligulam dicant equitesque patresque, dicor ab indoctis lingula grammaticis.Compare However much both knights and senators may call me ligula, I am called by ignorant grammarians lingula.
Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.Compare I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master: where the wind carries me, I put into port and myself at home.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 5.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1087.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mē (pron.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/me.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 5.mē on page 5
