-met

See also: Appendix:Variations of "met"

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to the ablative form of the first person singular personal pronoun, egō, which was mēt/mēd in Old Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /met/, [mɛt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /met/, [met̪]

Suffix

-met

1. an intensifier of substantive and less frequently adjective personal pronouns, it is usually followed by "ipse"
   • ego meaning "I" → egomet meaning "I myself"
   • mihi the dative of ego → mihimet meaning "to myself"
   • me the ablative and accusative of ego → memet meaning "me myself" or "myself"
   • nos meaning "we" → nosmet meaning "ourselves"
   • nobis the ablative and dative of nos → nobismet meaning "to/in/with ourselves"
   • tu meaning "you" + te the ablative and accusative of tu → tutemet meaning "you yourself"
   • tibi the dative of tu → tibimet meaning "to you yourself"
   • vos meaning "you (people)" or "ye" → vosmet meaning "yourselves"
   • mea meaning "my" or "mine" → meamet meaning "my very own"
   • se → semet meaning "himself"
   • sua → suamet meaning "his very own"

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -met

• met ipse (Vulgar Latin)
• *metipsimus (Vulgar Latin)

See also

• -pte