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ĕgō̆ (ŏ always in poets of the best age, as Cat., Verg., Hor., etc.; ō ante-class. and post-Aug., as Juv. 17, 357; Aus. Epigr. 54, 6, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 483; gen. mei; dat. mihi; acc. and abl. me; plur., nom., and acc. nos; gen., mostly poet., nostrum; gen. obj. nostri, rarely nostrum; for the gen. possess. the adj. noster was used, q. v.; cf. Roby, Gram. 1, § 388; dat. and abl. nobis; mi in dat. for mihi, part., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Lucr. 3, 106; Verg. A. 6, 104; in prose, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 2; id. Att. 1, 8, 3 et saep.; old form also MIHEI, C. I. L. 1, 1016 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 180; old form of the acc. MEHE, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 21 med.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 45; id. Am. 1, 1, 244; Inscr. Orell. 2497; gen. plur. nostrorum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 110; id. Poen. 3, 1, 37; 4, 2, 39; id. Am. Fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26; dat. and abl. NIS = nobis, acc. to Fest. S. V. CALLIM, p. 47, 3 Müll.; acc. ENOS, Carm. Arval., Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 160.
But as to me = mihi, cited in Fest. p. 181, 6 sq. Müll., me is there not dat., but acc., v. Vahl. ad Enn. p. 21), pron. pers. [Gr. ἐγώ; Sanscr. aham; Goth. ik; Germ. ich; Engl. I, etc.; plur. nos; Gr. νῶϊ, νῶϊν, from same stem with acc. sing. me, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 533], I.

  1. I. Prop.: meruimus et ego et pater de vobis, Plaut. Am. prol. 40: tum te audes Sosiam esse dicere, Qui ego sum? id. ib. 1, 1, 218; cf.: ego tu sum, tu es ego: unanimi sumus, id. Sticn. 5, 4, 49; the combination alter ego v. under alter.
  2. II. Emphasized.
    1. A. By the suffixes met and pte: Am. Quis te verberavit? So. Egomet memet, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 60: credebam primo mihimet Sosiae, id. ib. 2, 1, 50: quasi per nebulam nosmet scimus, id. Ps. 1, 5, 48: med erga, id. Capt. 2, 3, 56: cariorem esse patriam nobis quam nosmetipsos, Cic. Fin. 3, 19 fin. et saep.: mihipte, Cato ap. Fest. p. 103: mepte fieri servom, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10.
    2. B. By repetition: meme ad graviora reservat, Sil. 9, 651 (but Verg. A. 9, 427, is written me, me); cf.: met and pte.
  3. III. Esp. to be noted are,
      1. 1. Mihi and nobis as dativi ethici (Zumpt Gr. § 408; A. and S. Gr. § 228 N.): quid enim mihi L. Pauli nepos quaerit, Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. id. Par. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; and in the plur.: quid ait tandem nobis Sannio? Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 12: sit mihi (orator) tinctus litteris, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85; cf. Liv. praef. § 9; 2, 29 fin.; Quint. 1, 11, 14; 2, 4, 9; 12, 2, 31; Verg. G. 1, 45; Sil. 1, 46 Drak.; and in the plur.: nobis jam paulatim accrescere puer incipiat, Quint. 1, 2, 1: hic mihi Q. Fufius pacis commoda memorat, Cic. Phil. 8, 4; cf. Sall. C. 52, 11 Kritz; Cat. 24, 4: tu mihi seu magni superas jam saxa Timavi, etc., Verg. E. 8, 6 et saep.
      2. 2. Mecum, nobiscum (v. cum, II. fin.).
      3. 3. Ad me veni, i. e. ad meam domum, Cic. Att. 16, 10, v. ad, A. 2. a.
          1. (β) .
      4. 4. Nos, etc., for ego, etc., in grave or official lang., etc.: nobis consulibus, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4; cf. Verg. E. 1, 4; so with sing. constr.: nec merito nobis inimica merenti, Tib. 3, 6, 55; cf. Cat. 107, 5: absente nobis, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204.

mēio, ĕre, v. n. [for migio, kindred with Sanscr. mih, effundere; whence also mingo; cf. Gr. ὀμιχέω, ὀμίχλη], to make water: sacer est locus, extra Meiite, Pers. 1, 114: HOSPES AD HVNC TVMVLVM NE MEIAS, Inscr. Orell. 4781: mala meiens, Cat. 97, 8; cf. Juv. 1, 131.
Transf., of a vessel, Mart. 12, 32, 13.
In a double sense: ditior aut formae melioris meiat eodem, Hor. S. 2, 7, 52.
Prov.: caldum meiere et frigidum potare, i. e. to give more than one receives, Petr. 67, 10.

† mēum, i, n., = μῆον, an umbelliferous plant, bear-wort, Plin. 20, 23, 94, § 253.

† mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi: proice tela manu, sanguis meus, Verg. A. 6, 835: Lolli meus, Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and: domine meus, id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum: pietas majorum meūm, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66: meapte, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8: meopte, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77: meāmet, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura’st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess. [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own: haec ero dicam meo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304: carnifex, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27: discriptio, made by me, Cic. Sen. 17, 59: crimen, against me, what I am blamed for, App. Mag. 10 init. p. 279: non mea est simulatio, is not my way, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 34: tempestate meā, in my day, Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses: pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus, Ov. M. 3, 689: quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus, quite independent, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17: vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi, my own master, free, Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power: meus hic est: hamum vorat, Plaut. Curc. 3, 61: meus illic homost, id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70: hic homo meus est, id. Ps. 4, 7, 21: vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis, Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved: Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1: civis, my fellow-citizen, Juv. 12, 121.
With apposite gen.: cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset, Cic. Planc. 10, 26: quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis? Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.
Absol.: mĕi, ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers: ego meorum solus sum meus, Ter. Phorm. 4, 1, 21: flamma extrema meorum, Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine: homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18: stupor, this blockhead of mine, Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling: mea Pythias, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 14: mea tu, id. Ad. 3, 1, 2: o mea, Ov. M. 14, 761.
Voc.: mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 4.
With the fem.: mi soror, App. M. 5, p. 166, 3; 4, p. 155, 6; 8, p. 205, 2: mi domina, Hier. Ep. 22, 1: mi catella, id. ib. 2: mi virgo, id. ib. 17.
In plur.: mi homines, mi spectatores, dear people, good spectators, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.
Neutr. absol.: mĕum, i, n., mine: quod subrupuisti meum, my property, i. e. my daughter, Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf. meam, id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom: non est mentiri meum, Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 38: puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere, Cic. Fam. 6, 5.

    1. 2. Plur.: fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta, Juv. 12, 37.