meus

Catalan

Pronoun

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

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French

Verb

meus

1. first-person singular present indicative of mouvoir
2. second-person singular present indicative of mouvoir
3. second-person singular imperative of mouvoir

Anagrams

• émus, mues, muse, musé, seum

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin meus.

Pronoun

meus m pl (masculine singular meu, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)

1. (possessive) mine

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.us/

• Audio (Classical)

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Pronoun

meus m ‎(feminine mea, neuter meum); first/second declension

1. (possessive) my, mine

   Mitte hunc mea gratia.

   Let this man alone for my sake.

Inflection

First/second declension, with irregular vocative masculine singular mī.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	meus	mea	meum		meī	meae	mea
genitive	meī	meae	meī		meōrum	meārum	meōrum
dative	meō		meō		meīs
accusative	meum	meam	meum		meōs	meās	mea
ablative	meō	meā	meō		meīs
vocative	mī	mea	meum		meī	meae	mea

Descendants

• Aromanian: njeu, meu, nja, njei, njali
• Asturian: míu, mio, mía, míos, míes
• Old Catalan: meu, mia, meus, mies
  • Catalan: meu, meva, meus, meves
• Dalmatian: mi, maja
• French: mon, ma, mes, mien, mienne
• Friulian: gno, mê, miei, mês
• Galician: meu, miña, meus, miñas
• Istriot: meîo, mio, meîa
• Italian: mio, mia, miei, mie

• Mirandese: miu, mie, mius, mies
• Occitan: meu, meuna
• Portuguese: meu, minha, meus, minhas
• Romanian: meu, mea, mei, mele
• Romansch: mes, mia
• Sardinian: meu, miu, mea, mia
• Sicilian: meu, mè, mìu
• Spanish: mío, mía, míos, mías, mi
• Venetian: mio, mé

See also

• tuus
• suus
• noster
• vester

References

• meus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30)
    
  • my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
    
  • my circumstances have not altered: eadem est causa mea or in eadem causa sum
    
  • my interests demanded it: meae rationes ita tulerunt
    
  • my best friend: amicissimus meus or mihi
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    
  • according to my opinion: mea (quidem) sententia
    
  • I have become callous to all pain: animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)
    
  • I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
    
  • something is contrary to my moral sense, goes against my principles: aliquid abhorret a meis moribus (opp. insitum [atque innatum] est animo or in animo alicuius)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
    
  • I felt quite at home in his house: apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid est meae consuetudinis
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem
    
  • according to my custom: ex consuetudine mea (opp. praeter consuetudinem)
    
  • it is my fault: mea culpa est
    
  • (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) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
    
  • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    
  • (ambiguous) a vague notion presents itself to my mind: aliquid animo meo obversatur (cf. sect. III, s. v. oculi)
    
  • (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) the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
    
  • (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

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Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin meōs.

Adjective

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛu̯ʃ/
• Hyphenation: meus

Pronoun

meus m pl

1. Masculine plural form of possessive meu.

See also

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	meu	minha	meus	minhas
		Second person	teu	tua	teus	tuas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
	Plural	First person	nosso	nossa	nossos	nossas
		Second person	vosso	vossa	vossos	vossas
		Third person	seu	sua	seus	suas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese