Latin pronoun
ego
ego, meī
ego is a Latin pronoun. In the 16 analysed lines it was read in, it means “to me” (6 times), “me” (4 times), “for me” (2 times) and “for us” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from ego to the words it goes with.
Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?
How long will this madness of yours still mock us?
nos: object of eludet.
“Cur,” inquit, “turbulentam fecisti mihi aquam bibenti?”
“Why,” he said, “did you make the water turbulent for me while I was drinking?”
mihi: indirect object of fecisti, to or for whom it is done.
Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Suns are able to set and rise again: for us, when once the brief light has set, there is one perpetual night to be slept through.
nobis: tells how, where or when about dormienda.
Persuade tibi hoc sic esse, ut scribo: quaedam tempora eripiuntur nobis, quaedam subducuntur, quaedam effluunt.
Persuade yourself that this is so, as I write: certain times are snatched from us, certain times are stolen, certain times flow away.
nobis: tells how, where or when about eripiuntur.
Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios temptaris numeros.
You should not ask—it is forbidden to know—what end the gods have given to me, what end to you, Leuconoe, nor should you consult Babylonian calculations.
mihi: indirect object of dederint, to or for whom it is done.
Inde consilium mihi pauca de Augusto et extrema tradere, mox Tiberii principatum et cetera, sine ira et studio, quorum causas procul habeo.
Then it is my plan to relate a few things about Augustus and his final acts, and then Tiberius's principate and the rest, without anger and partisanship, the causes of which I keep far away.
mihi: goes with consilium.
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso, quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit.
Muse, recall for me the reasons, by what divine will having been offended, or grieving at what, the queen of the gods compelled a man outstanding in piety to undergo so many misfortunes, to approach so many labors.
mihi: indirect object of memora, to or for whom it is done.
“Pater meus,” inquit, “Hamilcar puerulo me, utpote non amplius novem annos nato, in Hispaniam imperator proficiscens Karthagine Iovi optimo maximo hostias immolavit.
"My father," he said, "Hamilcar, when I was a mere boy, being no more than nine years old, upon setting out for Spain as commander, sacrificed victims at Carthage to Jupiter Optimus Maximus."
me: subject of nato.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| mihi | Dative · Singular | 7 |
| me | Ablative · Singular | 2 |
| me | Accusative · Singular | 2 |
| ego | Nominative · Singular | 1 |
| mi | Dative · Singular | 1 |
| nobis | Dative · Plural | 1 |
| nobis | Ablative · Plural | 1 |
| nos | Accusative · Plural | 1 |
| nostrum | Genitive · Plural | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to ego by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the dativeThe Latin dative marks the person something is given to, said to or done for. Its uses and endings, with real lines from Horace, Seneca and Catullus.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.