Chapter 144 Allen and Greenough's Latin Grammar Dickinson College Christopher Francese

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Reflexive Pronouns are used in the Oblique Cases to refer to the subject of the sentence or clause in which they stand (see § 299 ): as, sē amat , he loves himself.

In the first and second persons the oblique cases of the Personal pronouns are used as Reflexives: as, mē videō , I see myself; tē laudās , you praise yourself; nōbīs persuādēmus , we persuade ourselves.

The Reflexive pronoun of the third person has a special form used only in this sense, the same for both singular and plural. It is thus declined:— GEN. suī , of himself, herself , itself , themselves DAT. sibi , to himself, herself , itself , themselves ACC. sē ( sēsē ), himself , herself , itself , themselves ABL. sē ( sēsē ), [ by ] himself , herself , itself , themselves Emphatic and reduplicated forms of sē are made as in the personals (see § 143 . d , e ). The preposition cum is added enclitically: as, sēcum , with himself. etc. An old form sēd occurs in the accusative and ablative.

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