egomet

Latin

Etymology

From ego (“I”) +‎ -met (“-self”, intensive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡo.met/, [ˈɛɡɔmɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡo.met/, [ˈɛːɡomet̪]

Pronoun

egomet

1. I myself
   • 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.

   • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon 2.1.598:

     Dōnec Sōsia illic egomet fēcit sibi utī crēderem.

     Until that Sosia—my own self—made it so I would believe him.

Declension

Pronominal declension with -met suffix.

Case	Singular
Nominative	egomet
Genitive	—
Dative	mihimet
Accusative	mēmet
Ablative	mēmet
Vocative	egomet

Derived terms

• proximus egomet mihi

References

• “egomet”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “egomet”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• egomet in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.