memet

Latin

Etymology

From mē, the accusative form of ego (“I”) + -met (“-self”).

Pronoun

mēmet

  1. accusative form of egomet, meaning "me myself" or "myself"
    Quis te verberavit? - Egomet memet, qui nunc sum domi.
    Who beat you? - I myself beat me myself, I who now am at the house.
  2. ablative form of egomet, meaning "with myself" or "in myself"
  3. towards me
    Nec me secus umquam ei facturum quicquam quam memet mihi.
    Or ever act any differently towards him than I would towards my own self.

Synonyms
  • (towards me): med ergā (archaic)

References
  • memet in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • memet in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • memet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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