ego

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See also: Ego, égo, égő, ego-, -ego, and его

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”). Doublet of I.

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Noun[edit]

ego (countable and uncountable, plural egos)

  2. 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.
  3. (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.
    • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 19:
      ‘Everything begins with “I”, you mean. Which is ego,’ said Tom, placing an ankle behind his ear, ‘not id.’

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from ego

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego. Doublet of jo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego m (plural egos)

  1. ego (the self)
    Synonym: jo

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego (“I”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego n

  1. ego
  2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Declension[edit]

Declension
singular plural
nominative ego ega
genitive ega eg
dative egu egům
accusative ego ega
vocative ego ega
locative egu egách
instrumental egem egy

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje n)

  1. ego, self

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin egō (“I”).

Noun[edit]

ego

  1. ego
  2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Declension[edit]

Inflection of ego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
Possessive forms of ego (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person egoni egomme
2nd person egosi egonne
3rd person egonsa

Anagrams[edit]

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English ego, French égo, German Ego, Italian ego, Russian э́го (égo), Spanish ego. Decision no. 693, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego (invariable)

  1. ego

Derived terms[edit]

  • egoismo (“egoism”)
  • egoista (“egoistic; selfish”)
  • egoisto (“egotist”)
  • neego (“nonego, the external world”)
  • ne-ego (“nonego, the external world”)

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego.

Noun[edit]

ego m (invariable)

  1. ego

Further reading[edit]

  • ego in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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)

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:19
      et aut ego indigna fui illis aut illi mihi forsitan digni non fuerunt quia forsitan viro alio conservasti me
      And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man

Declension[edit]

Personal pronoun declension.

Singular First-person Second-person Reflexive
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]

  • Vulgar Latin: *eo (see there for further descendants)
  • → Catalan: ego
  • → Dutch: ego
  • → English: ego
  • → French: ego
  • → Galician: ego
  • → German: Ego
  • → Italian: ego
  • → Portuguese: ego
  • → Spanish: ego

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Latin personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative Ablative Possessive
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

Latvian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego m (invariable)

  1. ego

Noun[edit]

ego m (invariable)

  1. eglantine

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

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”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego n (indeclinable)

  1. (psychoanalysis) ego (the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings)

Further reading[edit]

  • ego in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ego in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego (“I”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego m (plural egos)

  1. ego (the self)
  2. (psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /êːɡo/
  • Hyphenation: e‧go

Noun[edit]

ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)

  1. ego

Declension[edit]

Declension of ego
singular plural
nominative ȇgo ega
genitive ȇga ega
dative egu egima
accusative ego ega
vocative ego ega
locative egu egima
instrumental egom egima

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of yo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ego m (plural egos)

  1. ego
    Synonym: yo

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Further reading[edit]

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