-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

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

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