ego

tacete! plus ego enim quam vos intellego
be silent! for I understand better than you

ego , meī, pers. pron.; pl., nōs, nostrī or nostrum: I, me, etc.; (abl. with cum appended), mēcum, with me, 1.675, et al.; (pl. often for the sing.), I, me, etc.

ĕgō̆ (ŏ always in poets of the best age, as Cat., Verg., Hor., etc.; ō ante-class. and post-Aug., as Juv. 17, 357; Aus. Epigr. 54, 6, v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 483; gen. mei; dat. mihi; acc. and abl. me; plur., nom., and acc. nos; gen., mostly poet., nostrum; gen. obj. nostri, rarely nostrum; for the gen. possess. the adj. noster was used, q. v.; cf. Roby, Gram. 1, § 388; dat. and abl. nobis; mi in dat. for mihi, part., Varr. R. R. 2, 5; Lucr. 3, 106; Verg. A. 6, 104; in prose, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 2; id. Att. 1, 8, 3 et saep.; old form also MIHEI, C. I. L. 1, 1016 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 180; old form of the acc. MEHE, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 21 med.; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 45 (405); id. Am. 1, 1, 244 (396); Inscr. Orell. 2497; gen. plur. nostrorum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 110 (265); id. Poen. 3, 1, 37 (540); 4, 2, 39 (861); id. Am. Fragm. ap. Non. 285, 26; dat. and abl. NIS = nobis, acc. to Fest. S. V. CALLIM, p. 47, 3 Müll.; acc. ENOS, Carm. Arval., Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 160.—But as to me = mihi, cited in Fest. p. 181, 6 sq. Müll., me is there not dat., but acc., v. Vahl. ad Enn. p. 21), pron. pers. [Gr. ἐγώ; Sanscr. aham; Goth. ik; Germ. ich; Engl. I, etc.; plur. nos; Gr. νῶϊ, νῶϊν, from same stem with acc. sing. me, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 533], I.

• I Prop.: meruimus et ego et pater de vobis, Plaut. Am. prol. 40: tum te audes Sosiam esse dicere, Qui ego sum? id. ib. 1, 1, 218 (370); cf.: ego tu sum, tu es ego: unanimi sumus, id. Stich. 5, 4, 49 (731); the combination alter ego v. under alter.—
• II Emphasized.
• • A By the suffixes met and pte: Am. Quis te verberavit? So. Egomet memet, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 60 (610): credebam primo mihimet Sosiae, id. ib. 2, 1, 50 (600): quasi per nebulam nosmet scimus, id. Ps. 1, 5, 48 (462): med erga, id. Capt. 2, 3, 56 (416): cariorem esse patriam nobis quam nosmetipsos, Cic. Fin. 3, 19 fin. et saep.: mihipte, Cato ap. Fest. p. 103: mepte fieri servom, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10 (1059).—
  • B By repetition: meme ad graviora reservat, Sil. 9, 651 (but Verg. A. 9, 427, is written me, me); cf.: met and pte.—
• III Esp. to be noted are,
• • • 1 Mihi and nobis as dativi ethici (Zumpt Gr. § 408; A. and S. Gr. § 228 N.): quid enim mihi L. Pauli nepos quaerit, Cic. Rep. 1, 19; cf. id. Par. 5, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 15; and in the plur.: quid ait tandem nobis Sannio? Ter. Ad. 276: sit mihi (orator) tinctus litteris, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85; cf. Liv. praef. § 9; 2, 29 fin.; Quint. 1, 11, 14; 2, 4, 9; 12, 2, 31; Verg. G. 1, 45; Sil. 1, 46 Drak.; and in the plur.: nobis jam paulatim accrescere puer incipiat, Quint. 1, 2, 1: hic mihi Q. Fufius pacis commoda memorat, Cic. Phil. 8, 4; cf. Sall. C. 52, 11 Kritz; Cat. 24, 4: tu mihi seu magni superas jam saxa Timavi, etc., Verg. E. 8, 6 et saep.—
    • 2 Mecum, nobiscum (v. cum, II. fin.).—
    • 3 Ad me veni, i. e. ad meam domum, Cic. Att. 16, 10, v. ad, A. 2. a.
    • • • β. —
    • 4 Nos, etc., for ego, etc., in grave or official lang., etc.: nobis consulibus, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; id. Fam. 1, 7, 4; cf. Verg. E. 1, 4; so with sing. constr.: nec merito nobis inimica merenti, Tib. 3, 6, 55; cf. Cat. 107, 5: absente nobis, Ter. Eun. 649; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 204 (836).

ego, Pron. pers. (ἐγώ, Genet. meī, Dat. mihi, Akk. mē, Abl. mē; Plur. Nom. nōs [νῶϊ], Genet. nostrûm [wahrsch. zsgzg. od. synkop. aus nostrorum od. nostrarum, die bei den Komik. auch noch für nostrum vorkommen, s. Brix Plaut. mil. 174. Wagner Ter. heaut. 386] u. nostrī [eig. Genet. neutr. v. noster = unseres Wesens, gegen unser Wesen], Dat. nōbīs, Akk. nōs, Abl. nōbīs), ich, im Plur. wir, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: ego tu sum, tu es ego; uni animi sumus, Plaut.: ego sum ille consul, qui etc., Cic.: inopis nunc te misereat mei, Ter.: nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus, Cic.: alter ego u. ego alter, mein zweites Ich, Cic. u. Plin. ep. (s. Beier Cic. Lael. 80. p. 125 sq.). – Genet. nostrum partitiv, qui, ut ipsi noti sunt, sic nostrum unumquemque norunt, Cic.; u. (bei omnium) possessiv, Roma communis patria omnium nostrum, Cic. – Genet. nostri objektiv, grata mihi vehementer est memoria nostri tua, Cic.; u. (bei Einteilung des menschlichen Wesens) partitiv, pars melior mei, mein besseres Ich, Ov.: nostri melior pars animus est, Sen. – 2) insbes.: a) mihi u. nobis als ethische Dative, sit mihi (orator) tinctus litteris, Cic.: quid ait tandem nobis Sannio? Ter. – b) nos für ego, wie wir für ich, wenn einer von sich in der Mehrzahl redet, nos patriam fugimus, Verg. ecl. 1, 4: u. so Cic. ep. 1, 7, 4 u.a.: u. so nobis consulibus, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18. – beim Singul., nobis merenti, Tibull. 3, 6, 55: insperanti nobis, Catull. 107, 5 sq.: absente nobis, Ter. eun. 649. – II) meton.: A) ad me, zu mir, d.i. in mein Haus, zu den Meinigen, Ter. u. Cic.: eamus ad me, Ter.: neque domum umquam ad me litteras mittam, Cic. – B) a me, d.i. 1) von dem Meinigen, aus meiner Tasche (Kasse), a me argentum dedi, Plaut.: se a me solvere, Cic. – 2) aus meinem Hause, Plaut.: so auch a nobis, Plaut. – ➳ a) ego etc. durch enklitische Nachsilben verstärkt, u. zwar: α) durch die Enklitika met bei allen Kasus, außer im Genet. Plur., egomet (meimet, mihimet, memet etc.), ich selbst, ich für mein Teil, od. bloß ich (betont) usw., wozu auch des stärkern Nachdrucks und Gegensatzes wegen nicht selten noch ipse in gleichem Kasus hinzugefügt wird, wie mihimet ipsi, memet ipsum, nosmet ipsos, Komik., Cic. u.a.; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 2. S. 362 u. 363. – β) durch die Enklitika pte am Akk. Sing., mepte potius fieri servom, ich selbst, Plaut. Men. 1059: am Dat., mihipte, Cato nach Fest. 154, 11. – γ) im Akk. Sing. durch Verdoppelung, meme, Sil. 9, 652. – b) alter Genet. mis = mei, nach Prisc. 13, 4. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 595 u.a. Gramm.; vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 2. S. 347 u. 348 u. Vahlen Rhein. Mus. 16, 574 (nach dem bei Enn. mis nicht mehr stehen kann). – c) der Dat. Sing. arch. mihei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1016 u.a., u. mihe, ibid. 1, 1049; mihi zsgzg. in mi, häufig bei Dichtern, selten bei Prosaikern (doch auch in Cic. epp.), s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 2. S. 349 f.; für mi altertümlich mei (einsilbig). Plaut. most. 194 Schoell. Nov. com. 49. Catull. 77, 34 (vgl. Lachm. Lucr. 4, 602); u. ebenso me, Vet. form. bei Varro LL. 7, 8. Varro r. r. 3, 16, 2. – d) Akk. Sing. arch. mehe, Pac. tr. 143 R.² (nach Quint. 1, 5, 21) u. med, Plaut. Amph. 434; asin. 20; capt. 405 u. ö. Caecil. com. 76. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 54; 14, 4112. 4123, 1. 4184 a. – e) Abl. Sing. med, Plaut. Amph. 663; Men. 492 u. ö. Vgl. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 238 u. 239. – f) arch. Dat. Plur. nobeis, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3871. Plaut. Poen. 664. – g) Akk. Plur. enos, Carm. arv. im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 28.

1 ego v. 2 edo

2 ego v. eggon

3 ego [CL] , I; b (w. emph. -met); cf. ipse; c (acc. meme); d (gen. mis); e (gen. mei in preference to CL meus); f (dat. michi); g (abl. w. -cum). ista ego et multa alia ‥ intuens Gildas EB 1; quos ego virgineo descripsi carmine metri Aldh. VirgV 2829; auctor ‥ / mi dedit in mundo tam victrix nomen habendum Id. Aen. 91 (Palma) 2; ea quae ‥ per me ipse cognoscere potui Bede HE pref. p. 8; at ego, aperiens oculos, aio: “etiam” Ib. V 6; 749 (12c) hanc donationem me vivente concedo CS 178; 867 ego Edelred rex ‥ concedo ‥ W. presbytero unam sedem ‥ mihhi ad elemosynam CS 516; scribo tibi tuus ego, / ne[c] me pudet dicere, / nec me tuum esse nego, / quem emisti munere Hil. Ronce. 3. 5; ‘ego sum qui sum’ [Exod. iii 14]: hoc pronomen ‘ego’ sumitur hic essentialiter Hales Sent. I 99; hec diccio ‘ego’ substancie infinite inponitur, sed ab actu loquendi de se ad alium Ps.-Gros. Gram. 44; carissima mi electa Map NC IV 16 (v. eligere 6b).  b malleus in primo memet formabat et incus Aldh. Aen. 54 (Cocuma duplex) 7; mihimet sciscitanti ‥ an ita esset Bede HE IV 17 p. 243; memet CD 715 (v. debriare 1b); a1087 (15c) rectum facite monachis meis sicut michimet Regesta p. 68; c1150 aut dominis meis aut michimetipsi Danelaw 232; cum ‥ considero apud memetipsum Rolle IA 217.  c quoniam meme putat esse peremptum Alcuin SS Ebor 814; Ib. 1347 (v. captare 1c).  d [pronomina] sic declinantur: ‘ego, tu, mei, tui’ vel ‘mis, tis’ Bonif. AG 493; terror ‥ qui linguam verbaque demit / mis reminiscentis haec R. Cant. Malch. VI 512; me prohibens a ve, mis memor, eia, fave Peckham Poems 598.  e 1291 propositum mei (v. decretalis 2c); 13‥ de statu mei FormOx 321 (cf. ib. 323: mei sine merito); nec esset dare maximam durabilitatem mei Wycl. Log. II 158.  f 856 (12c) cuidam michi oppido fideli ‥ ministro CS 491; a1200 reddendo inde annuatim michi et heredibus vj d. Danelaw 305 (cf. ib.: dederunt ‥ mihi ‥ iiij m.); 1322 michi vestras litteras destinare Lit. Cant. I 81; s1455 phisici nec Phebi placuit michi nec Galieni (Vers.) Reg. Whet. I 157.  g 798 (12c) ego A‥. archiepiscopus et C. primicerius mecum CS 291; 838 (9c) spiritales dominos, id est episcopos, mecum constituti [sic] ‥ mecum habuerunt Ib. 421; 1397 (v. 1 cum 1a).

ĕgŏ (2) et ĕgō, mĕī, mĭhĭ et mĭhī, mē, mē, m. , f. (ἐγώ), moi, je : consul ego quæsivi Cic. Rep. 3, 28, pendant mon consulat jʼai fait une enquête ; ego legem recitare Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, moi de lire la loi ; ego et tu præsumus... Cic. de Or. 1, 39, toi et moi, nous présidons... ; ego et frater meus amamus... Cic. Phil. 13, 18, mon frère et moi, nous aimons...; egone ? Cic. Nat. 3, 8, moi ? || [pour insister] egomet, mihimet, memet (abl.), moi-même : Cic. Inv. 1, 52 ; Quinct. 34 ; de Or. 3, 74 ; mihipte Cato Inc. lib. fr. 29 ; Fest. 154, 11 ; mepte (acc.) Pl. Men. 1059 || me consule Cic. Agr. 2, 55, sous mon consulat || mihi sʼemploie qqf. de façon explétive [datif éthique] : sit mihi tinctus litteris Cic. de Or. 2, 85, quʼil nous ait quelque teinture des lettres, cf. Verr. 2, 1, 156 ; 2, 26 ; Mur. 13 ; Virg. G. 1, 45.

➳ arch. mis = mei Prisc. Gramm. 13, 4 ; dat. mi Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3, etc. || arch. acc. mehe Quint. 1, 5, 21 ; mēd Pl. Amph. 434, etc. || abl. mēd Pl. Amph. 663, etc.

ego , mei, mihi, me, me. m. f. pron.
我。Egomet 我自己。

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ego (old and late, egō), gen.meī; dat.mihī, oftener mihi or mī; acc.and abl.mē; plur, nom., and acc.nōs; gen.nostrūm; genobj. usu. nostrī; dat.and abl.nōbis; pronpers.

• cf. ἐγώ, ἐμέ, νωΐ, I, me, we, us(expressed only for emphasis or where distinction or contrast is suggested): his de causis ego exstiti, etc.: si vobis videtur, iudices, ego adfero, etc.: ut nos ... sic ille: pars mei, H.: Pars melior mei, O.: mei imago, V.: amantes mei: causa restituendi mei: omnium nostrūm vitae: unus quisque nostrūm: odium nostri: mihi deferens: mihi carior: nova mi facies surgit, V.: nobis tradita: nobis certandum est: me audisse suspicatur: me accuset: O me miserum: nos dicere oporteat: contra nos dicendum: uti me defensore: me consule: me digna vox: prae me tuli: quid nobis laboriosius?: nobis absentibus: nobiscum actum iri.—With special emphasis: ego idem dixi: ab eodem me confici: me ipsum egisse: nemo erit praeter unum me: nos, nos consules desumus: Me, me, in me convertite ferrum, V.— In datpleonast., to suggest the speaker's interest or feeling (ethical dative): quid enim mihi Pauli nepos quaerit, I should like to know: Quid mihi Celsus agit?H.: hic mihi quisquam misericordiam nominat?must I hear?etc., S.—With ab or ad, my house, our house: quis a nobis egreditur? T.: venit (Pompeius) ad me in Cumanum; cf. apud me, at home, V.—With the praepcum, always written mecum, nobiscum, see 1 cum.— Plur.for sing., often in official language, or poet.: nobis consulibus: Nos patriae finīs linquimus (opp. tu), V.— Hence, absente nobis, in my absence, T.: insperanti nobis, Ct.: nobis merenti, Tb.