Latin determiner
meus
meus, -a, -um
meus is a Latin determiner. In the 6 analysed lines it was read in, it means “my”.
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from meus to the words it goes with.
Ita fac, mi Lucili;
Do so, my Lucilius;
mi: points out Lucili.
A te decurrit ad meos haustus liquor.”
From you a stream flows down to my drafts.”
meos: points out haustus.
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus, rumoresque senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus assis.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love, and let us value all the rumors of stricter old men as worth but a single penny.
mea: points out Lesbia.
Nonum Kal. Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei apparere nubem inusitata et magnitudine et specie.
On the ninth day before the Kalends of September, at about the seventh hour, my mother points out to him that a cloud of unusual size and appearance is appearing.
mea: points out mater.
di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen.
Gods, favor my undertakings (for you also changed those things) and from the very beginning of the world lead a continuous song down to my times.
meis: points out coeptis.
“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."
meus: points out Pater.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| mea | Accusative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| mea | Vocative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| mea | Nominative · Singular · Feminine | 1 |
| meis | Dative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| meos | Accusative · Plural · Masculine | 1 |
| meus | Nominative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
| mi | Vocative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to meus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- 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 vocativeThe Latin vocative is the case of direct address: mi Lucili, mea Lesbia, lupe. How it differs from the nominative, in lines from Seneca, Catullus, Phaedrus.
- 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 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 agreementHow Latin adjectives, pronouns and participles agree with their nouns in case, number and gender, and why that lets them stand apart. With real lines.
- About word orderWhy a Latin adjective can sit far from its noun: the endings carry the grammar, so writers order words for emphasis. Lines from Virgil, Cicero and Horace.