Latin pronoun
tū
tū, tuī
tū is a Latin pronoun. In the 6 analysed lines it was read in, it means “you” (4 times), “yourself” (2 times), “for yourself” (once) and “to you” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from tū to the words it goes with.
A te decurrit ad meos haustus liquor.”
From you a stream flows down to my drafts.”
te: object of the preposition A; the phrase goes with decurrit.
vindica te tibi, et tempus, quod adhuc aut auferebatur aut subripiebatur aut excidebat, collige et serva.
Reclaim yourself for yourself, and gather and preserve the time which up to now was either being carried away or being stolen or slipping away.
te: object of vindica.
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.
Tu: subject of quaesieris.
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.
vos: subject of mutastis.
Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi…
Has the nightly garrison on the Palatine not moved you at all, nor the watches of the city, nor the people's fear, nor the gathering of all good men, nor this strongly fortified place for holding the senate, nor the faces and expressions of these men?
te: object of moverunt.
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.
tibi: indirect object of Persuade, to or for whom it is done.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| tibi | Dative · Singular | 3 |
| te | Accusative · Singular | 2 |
| te | Ablative · Singular | 1 |
| tu | Nominative · Singular | 1 |
| vos | Nominative · Plural | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to tū 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 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 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 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.