Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *swé. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕ (hé), Sanskrit स्वतह् (svataḥ), and perhaps Old English self (English self).
Pronoun
suī
- the genitive of the reflexive pronoun meaning of himself, of herself, of itself, of themselves, one another, each other, etc.
Oblitus suī.- Forgetting himself.
- Ex nimia sui opinione.
- Having too good a conceit of himself.
- the inflected form of the possessive pronoun meaning his, her/hers, its, their.
- inflection of suus:
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
Declension
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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 |
ēius |
eī |
eum |
eō |
ēius |
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 |
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Latin personal pronouns together with the possessive and reflexive pronouns
References
- “sui”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sui”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sui in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to burn a corpse: aliquem mortuum cremare (Sen. 23. 84)
- to apply oneself very closely to literary, scientific work: in litteris elaborare (De Sen. 8. 26)
- for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
- to learn to play a stringed instrument: fidibus discere (De Sen. 8. 26)
- a band, troupe of gladiators under the management of a lanista: familia gladiatoria (Sest. 64. 134)
- to compose, compile a book: librum conficere, componere (De Sen. 1. 2)
- to suffer affliction: in luctu esse (Sest. 14. 32)
- to commit a crime against some one: scelus edere in aliquem (Sest. 26. 58)
- to threaten war, carnage: denuntiare bellum, caedem (Sest. 20. 46)
- to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household: severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)
- to plant trees: arbores serere (De Sen. 7. 24)
- for political reasons: rei publicae causa (Sest. 47. 101)
- to be a friend of the aristocracy: nobilitati favere (Sest. 9. 21)
- to swear obedience to a law: in legem iurare (Sest. 16. 37)
- men of rank and dignity: viri clari et honorati (De Sen. 7. 22)
- the senate inclines to the opinion, decides for..: senatus sententia inclīnat ad... (De Sen. 6. 16)
- to take the vote (by division): discessionem facere (Sest. 34. 74)
- to atone for something by..: luere aliquid aliqua re (De Sen. 20)
- to possess great experience in military matters: magnum usum in re militari habere (Sest. 5. 12)
- to collect the wreckage: naufragium colligere (Sest. 6. 15)
- (ambiguous) to come to the surface: (se) ex aqua emergere
- (ambiguous) the tide is coming in: aestus ex alto se incitat (B. G. 3.12)
- (ambiguous) the wind is turning to the south-west: ventus se vertit in Africum
- (ambiguous) the heat is abating: calor se frangit (opp. increscit)
- (ambiguous) to set out on a journey: in viam se dare
- (ambiguous) to set out on a journey: viae se committere
- (ambiguous) not to stir from one's place: loco or vestigio se non movere
- (ambiguous) to go to a place: se conferre in aliquem locum
- (ambiguous) to throw oneself from the ramparts: se deicere de muro
- (ambiguous) to rush out of the house: se proripere ex domo
- (ambiguous) to overtake and pass some one: post se relinquere aliquem
- (ambiguous) to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
- (ambiguous) circumstances demand: tempus (ita) fert (not secum)
- (ambiguous) to draw every one's eyes upon one: omnium oculos (et ora) ad se convertere
- (ambiguous) to attract universal attention: omnium animos or mentes in se convertere
- (ambiguous) to show oneself to some one: se in conspectum dare alicui
- (ambiguous) to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
- (ambiguous) to have become independent, be no longer a minor: sui iuris factum esse
- (ambiguous) to recruit oneself after a severe illness: e gravi morbo recreari or se colligere
- (ambiguous) to lay oneself down to slee: somno or quieti se tradere
- (ambiguous) to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
- (ambiguous) to take one's own life: se vita privare
- (ambiguous) to lay hands on oneself: manus, vim sibi afferre
- (ambiguous) to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
- (ambiguous) to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
- (ambiguous) to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
- (ambiguous) the facts are these; the matter stands thus: res ita est, ita (sic) se habet
- (ambiguous) to leave the question open; to refuse to commit oneself: integrum (causam integram) sibi reservare
- (ambiguous) to trust to luck: fortunae se committere
- (ambiguous) luck is changing, waning: fortuna commutatur, se inclinat
- (ambiguous) to expose oneself to peril: periculis se offerre
- (ambiguous) to recklessly hazard one's life: in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferre
- (ambiguous) to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: suis rebus or sibi consulere
- (ambiguous) to find favour with some one; to get into their good graces: benevolentiam, favorem, voluntatem alicuius sibi conciliare or colligere (ex aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to court a person's favour; to ingratiate oneself with..: gratiam alicuius sibi quaerere, sequi, more strongly aucupari
- (ambiguous) to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: se conformare, se accommodare ad alicuius voluntatem
- (ambiguous) to take one's directions from another; to obey him in everything: se convertere, converti ad alicuius nutum
- (ambiguous) to be at the beck and call of another; to be his creature: totum se fingere et accommodare ad alicuius arbitrium et nutum
- (ambiguous) to become estranged, alienated from some one: voluntatemor animum alicuius a se abalienare, aliquem a se abalienare or alienare
- (ambiguous) to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with: ad alicuius amicitiam se conferre, se applicare
- (ambiguous) to be reconciled; to make up a quarrel: sibi aliquem, alicuius animum reconciliare or reconciliari alicui
- (ambiguous) to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
- (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducere
- (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
- (ambiguous) to gain distinction: gloriam, famam sibi comparare
- (ambiguous) to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
- (ambiguous) to leave a great reputation behind one: magnam sui famam relinquere
- (ambiguous) to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
- (ambiguous) to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
- (ambiguous) to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: ignaviae et socordiae se dare
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself absolutely to the pursuit of pleasure: se totum voluptatibus dedere, tradere
- (ambiguous) to plunge into a life of pleasure: in voluptates se mergere
- (ambiguous) to recruit oneself, seek relaxation: animum relaxare, reficere, recreare or simply se reficere, se recreare, refici, recreari (ex aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to indulge oneself: animum or simply se remittere
- (ambiguous) to indulge oneself: animo or simply sibi indulgere
- (ambiguous) to form an idea of a thing, imagine, conceive: animo, cogitatione aliquid fingere (or simply fingere, but without sibi), informare
- (ambiguous) to picture to oneself: cogitatione sibi aliquid depingere
- (ambiguous) to judge others by oneself: de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facere
- (ambiguous) to take common counsel: consilia inter se communicare
- (ambiguous) to think over, consider a thing: secum (cum animo) reputare aliquid
- (ambiguous) to think over, consider a thing: considerare in, cum animo, secum aliquid
- (ambiguous) to have a high object in view; to be ambitious: magna sibi proponere or magna spectare
- (ambiguous) what is the meaning of this: quid hoc sibi vult?
- (ambiguous) to immortalise one's name: memoriam nominis sui immortalitati tradere, mandare, commendare
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself entirely to literature: se totum litteris tradere, dedere
- (ambiguous) to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
- (ambiguous) to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
- (ambiguous) to become a pupil, disciple of some one: operam dare or simply se dare alicui, se tradere in disciplinam alicuius, se conferre, se applicare ad aliquem
- (ambiguous) he is a young man of great promise: adulescens alios bene de se sperare iubet, bonam spem ostendit or alii de adulescente bene sperare possunt
- (ambiguous) to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
- (ambiguous) to set up some one as one's ideal, model: sibi exemplum alicuius proponere ad imitandum or simply sibi aliquem ad imitandum proponere
- (ambiguous) to take a lesson from some one's example: sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
- (ambiguous) to shape one's conduct after another's model: ad exemplum alicuius se conformare
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to philosophy: se conferre ad philosophiam, ad philosophiae or sapientiae studium (Fam. 4. 3. 4)
- (ambiguous) to apply oneself to the study of philosophy: animum appellere or se applicare ad philosophiam
- (ambiguous) to be closely connected with each other: conexum et aptum esse inter se
- (ambiguous) systematic succession, concatenation: continuatio seriesque rerum, ut alia ex alia nexa et omnes inter se aptae colligataeque sint (N. D. 1. 4. 9)
- (ambiguous) to be mutually contradictory: inter se pugnare or repugnare
- (ambiguous) to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: secum pugnare (without sibi); sibi repugnare (of things)
- (ambiguous) to contradict oneself, be inconsistent: a se dissidere or sibi non constare (of persons)
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to the study of a natural science: se conferre ad naturae investigationem
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to poetry: se conferre ad poesis studium
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to oratory: ad dicendum se conferre
- (ambiguous) to obtain a hearing: audientiam sibi (orationi) facere
- (ambiguous) the connection: sententiae inter se nexae
- (ambiguous) the connection of thought: ratio, qua sententiae inter se excipiunt.
- (ambiguous) to let oneself be jovial: se dare iucunditati
- (ambiguous) to be in a bad temper: sibi displicere (opp. sibi placere)
- (ambiguous) to become a writer, embrace a literary career: ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferre
- (ambiguous) to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam
- (ambiguous) to be in correspondence with..: litteras inter se dare et accipere
- (ambiguous) to recover from one's fright: ex metu se recreare, se colligere
- (ambiguous) to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B. G. 1. 33)
- (ambiguous) to behave arrogantly: insolentius se efferre
- (ambiguous) to give oneself airs: elatius se gerere
- (ambiguous) to take upon oneself: sibi sumere aliquid (Planc. 1. 3)
- (ambiguous) to display a proud obstinacy: contumacius se gerere
- (ambiguous) to prepare oneself for all contingencies: ad omnes casus se comparare
- (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: sui (mentis) compotem non esse
- (ambiguous) to lose one's head, be beside oneself: non esse apud se (Plaut. Mil. 4. 8. 26)
- (ambiguous) to regain one's self-possession: ad se redire
- (ambiguous) to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
- (ambiguous) self-confidence: fiducia sui (Liv. 25. 37)
- (ambiguous) to put oneself entirely in some one's hands: totum se committere, tradere alicui
- (ambiguous) to put oneself under some one's protection: se conferre, se tradere, se permittere in alicuius fidem
- (ambiguous) to clear oneself of a suspicion: suspicionem a se removere, depellere, propulsare (Verr. 3. 60. 140)
- (ambiguous) to incur a person's hatred: alicuius odium subire, suscipere, in se convertere, sibi conflare
- (ambiguous) to be tainted with vice: vitiis, sceleribus contaminari or se contaminare (Off. 3. 8. 37)
- (ambiguous) to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringi
- (ambiguous) to commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it: scelus (in se) concipere, suscipere
- (ambiguous) to abandon oneself (entirely) to debauchery: se (totum) libidinibus dedere
- (ambiguous) a man of no self-control, self-indulgent: homo impotens sui
- (ambiguous) to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
- (ambiguous) to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
- (ambiguous) some one feigns illness: aliquis simulat aegrum or se esse aegrum
- (ambiguous) to indulge one's caprice: sibi or ingenio suo indulgere (Nep. Chabr. 3)
- (ambiguous) to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
- (ambiguous) a good conscience: mens bene sibi conscia
- (ambiguous) a guilty conscience: animus male sibi conscius
- (ambiguous) to be conscious of no ill deed: nullius culpae sibi conscium esse
- (ambiguous) to behave with moderation: moderatum se praebere
- (ambiguous) to be consistent: sibi constare, constantem esse
- (ambiguous) to promise an oath to..: iureiurando ac fide se obstringere, ut
- (ambiguous) to never appear in public: publico carere, se abstinere
- (ambiguous) to never appear in public: domi se tenere
- (ambiguous) to dress oneself: induere vestem (without sibi)
- (ambiguous) to abstain from all nourishment: cibo se abstinere
- (ambiguous) to welcome a man as a guest in one's house: hospitio aliquem accipere or excipere (domum ad se)
- (ambiguous) to attach oneself to a person's society: socium se adiungere alicui
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to a person's society: se dare in consuetudinem alicuius
- (ambiguous) to insinuate oneself into a person's society: se insinuare in consuetudinem alicuius (Fam. 4. 13. 6)
- (ambiguous) to live to oneself: secum vivere
- (ambiguous) to enter into conversation with some one: se dare in sermonem cum aliquo
- (ambiguous) to give audience to some one: sui potestatem facere, praebere alicui
- (ambiguous) to exchange greetings: inter se consalutare (De Or. 2. 3. 13)
- (ambiguous) to shake hands with a person: dextram iungere cum aliquo, dextras inter se iungere
- (ambiguous) to betroth oneself, get engaged: sibi (aliquam) despondere (of the man)
- (ambiguous) to separate from, divorce (of the man): aliquam suas res sibi habere iubere (Phil. 2. 28. 69)
- (ambiguous) to transact, settle a matter with some one: transigere aliquid (de aliqua re) cum aliquo or inter se
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself to politics, a political career: accedere, se conferre ad rem publicam
- (ambiguous) to retire from public life: a negotiis publicis se removere
- (ambiguous) to retire into private life: in otium se referre (Fam. 99)
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
- (ambiguous) to be neutral: medium se gerere
- (ambiguous) to enter the whirlpool of political strife: se civilibus fluctibus committere
- (ambiguous) to form a conspiracy: coniurare (inter se) de c. Gerund. or ut...
- (ambiguous) to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re
- (ambiguous) to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
- (ambiguous) to grant a people its independence: populum liberum esse, libertate uti, sui iuris esse pati
- (ambiguous) (the magistrates) arrange among themselves the administration of the provinces, the official spheres of duty: provincias inter se comparant
- (ambiguous) to resign one's post (before the expiry of the term of office): abdicare se magistratu (Div. 2. 35)
- (ambiguous) to judge some one equitably: aequum iudicem se alicui praebere
- (ambiguous) to commit some blameworthy action: facinus, culpam in se admittere
- (ambiguous) to exonerate oneself from blame: culpam a se amovere
- (ambiguous) to join forces with some one: copias (arma) cum aliquo iungere or se cum aliquo iungere
- (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
- (ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)
- (ambiguous) to remain inactive in camp: se (quietum) tenere castris
- (ambiguous) to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia dedere victori
- (ambiguous) to give up one's person and all one's possessions to the conqueror: se suaque omnia permittere victoris potestati
- (ambiguous) to surrender oneself to the discretion of some one: se permittere in fidem atque in potestatem alicuius (B. G. 2. 3)
- (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
- (ambiguous) to rush into the midst of the foe: in medios hostes se inicere
- (ambiguous) to withdraw one's forces: se recipere (B. G. 7. 20)
- (ambiguous) to drive the enemy before one: prae se agere hostem
- (ambiguous) to take to flight: fugae se mandare (B. G. 2. 24)
- (ambiguous) to take to flight: se dare in fugam, fugae
- (ambiguous) to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
- (ambiguous) to flee headlong: praecipitem se fugae mandare
- (ambiguous) to save oneself by flight: se fuga recipere (B. G. 1. 11)
- (ambiguous) to make oneself master of a people, country: populum, terram suo imperio, suae potestati subicere (not sibi by itself)
- (ambiguous) to make one's submission to some one: se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)
- (ambiguous) to make one's submission to some one: in alicuius potestatem se permittere
- (ambiguous) to run before the wind: vento se dare
- (ambiguous) that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc per se intellegitur
- (ambiguous) the matter stands so (otherwise): res ita (aliter) se habet
Etymology
From Latin sum (“I am”), influenced by fuī (“I was”) through the -ui.
Verb
a sui (third-person singular present suie, past participle suit) 4th conj.
- to get in
- to mount, climb up
Conjugation
More information infinitive, gerund ...
infinitive |
a sui |
gerund |
suind |
past participle |
suit |
number |
singular |
plural |
person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
indicative |
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eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
sui |
sui |
suie |
suim |
suiți |
suie |
imperfect |
suiam |
suiai |
suia |
suiam |
suiați |
suiau |
simple perfect |
suii |
suiși |
sui |
suirăm |
suirăți |
suiră |
pluperfect |
suisem |
suiseși |
suise |
suiserăm |
suiserăți |
suiseră |
subjunctive |
|
eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
să sui |
să sui |
să suie |
să suim |
să suiți |
să suie |
imperative |
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— |
tu |
— |
— |
voi |
— |
affirmative |
|
suie |
|
|
suiți |
|
negative |
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nu sui |
|
|
nu suiți |
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.