ego
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”).
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Noun[edit]
ego (countable and uncountable, plural egos)
- The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
- 1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
- When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
- 1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth
- (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
- 1954, Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”
- In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.
- 1954, Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from ego
Translations[edit]
the self
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psychoanalytic ego
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Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ego. Doublet of jo.
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
Further reading[edit]
- “ego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego n
Declension[edit]
Declension
Synonyms[edit]
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje n)
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Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ego | egot | |
genitive | egon | egojen | |
partitive | egoa | egoja | |
illative | egoon | egoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ego | egot | |
accusative | nom. | ego | egot |
gen. | egon | ||
genitive | egon | egojen | |
partitive | egoa | egoja | |
inessive | egossa | egoissa | |
elative | egosta | egoista | |
illative | egoon | egoihin | |
adessive | egolla | egoilla | |
ablative | egolta | egoilta | |
allative | egolle | egoille | |
essive | egona | egoina | |
translative | egoksi | egoiksi | |
instructive | — | egoin | |
abessive | egotta | egoitta | |
comitative | — | egoineen |
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
(with iambic shortening)
Pronoun[edit]
ego or egō (first person, nominative, plural nōs)
- I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
Inflection[edit]
Personal pronoun declension.
Singular | First-person | Second-person | Reflexive |
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nominative | ego/egō | tū | — |
genitive | meī | tuī | suī |
dative | mihi/mihī, mī | tibi | sibi |
accusative | mē | tē | sē, sēsē |
ablative | mē | tē | sē, sēsē |
vocative | egō | tū | — |
possessive | meus | tuus | suus |
Plural | First-person | Second-person | Reflexive |
nominative | nōs | vōs | — |
genitive | nostrī, nostrum | vestrī, vestrum | suī |
dative | nōbīs | vōbīs | sibi |
accusative | nōs | vōs | sē, sēsē |
ablative | nōbīs | vōbīs | sē, sēsē |
vocative | nōs | vōs | — |
possessive | noster | vester, voster | suus |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants
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Latin personal pronouns
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Genitive | Dative | Accusative | Ablative | Possessive |
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Singular | First | — | ego | meī | mihi | mē | meus, -a, -um | |
Second | — | tū | tuī | tibi | tē | tuus, -a, -um | ||
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | is | eius | eī | eum | eō | eius | |
Feminine | ea | eam | eā | |||||
Neuter | id | id | eō | |||||
Plural | First | — | nōs | nostrī, nostrum | nōbīs | nōs | nōbīs | noster, -tra, -trum |
Second | — | vōs | vestrī, vestrum | vōbīs | vōs | vōbīs | vester, -tra, -trum | |
Reflexive third | — | — | suī | sibi | sē, sēsē | suus, -a, -um | ||
Third | Masculine | eī, iī | eōrum | eīs | eōs | eīs | eōrum | |
Feminine | eae | eārum | eās | eārum | ||||
Neuter | ea | eōrum | ea | eōrum |
References[edit]
- ego in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ego in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ego in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ego in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26)
- I was induced by several considerations to..: multae causae me impulerunt ad aliquid or ut...
- I console myself with..: hoc (illo) solacio me consōlor
- I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur
- (great) advantage accrues to me from this: fructus ex hac re redundant in or ad me
- I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo
- I express my approval of a thing: res a me probatur
- as far as I can guess: quantum ego coniectura assequor, auguror
- if I am not mistaken: nisi (animus) me fallit
- unless I'm greatly mistaken: nisi omnia me fallunt
- I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
- I cannot bring myself to..: a me impetrare non possum, ut
- I forget something: oblivio alicuius rei me capit
- experience has taught me: usus me docuit
- this goes to prove what I say: hoc est a (pro) me
- the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
- something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert
- I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
- I am not dissatisfied with my progress: non me paenitet, quantum profecerim
- what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)
- it's all over with me; I'm a lost man: actum est de me
- I have great hopes that..: magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1. 41. 97)
- hope has played me false: spes me frustratur
- I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
- I have no objection: per me licet
- (ambiguous) to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi
- (ambiguous) to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)
- (ambiguous) to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
- (ambiguous) according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2)
- (ambiguous) I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi
- (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
- (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix me contineo quin lacrimem
Latvian[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Noun[edit]
ego m (invariable)
Synonyms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
- ego (the self)
- (psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Terms related to ego
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ego
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of yo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ego m (plural egos)
Related terms[edit]
Terms related to ego
Further reading[edit]
- “ego” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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