memet

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Latin

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Etymology

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From (accusative of ego (I)) +‎ -met (-self, intensive suffix).

Pronoun

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mēmet

  1. accusative of egomet; me myself, my own self, my very self
    Nec me secus umquam ei facturum quicquam quam memet mihi.
    Or ever act any differently towards him than I would towards my own self.
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.1.607:
      Quis tē verberāvit? —Egomet mēmet, quī nunc sum domī.
      Who has beaten you? —I myself, who am now at home, beat myself.
  2. ablative of egomet; with me myself, in me myself

References

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  • 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.

Swedish

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Noun

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memet

  1. definite singular of meme