Chapter 299Allen and Greenough's Latin GrammarDickinson CollegeChristopher Francese
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The Reflexive Pronoun (
sē
), and usually its corresponding possessive (
suus
), are used in the predicate to refer to the subject of the sentence or clause:—
sē
ex nāvī prōiēcit
(B. G. 4.25)
,
he threw himself from the ship.
Dumnorīgem ad
sē
vocat
(
id
. 1.20),
he calls Dumnorix to him.sēsē
castrīs tenēbant
(
id
. 3.24),
they kept themselves in camp.
contemnī
sē
putant
(Cat. M. 65)
,
they think they are despised.
Caesar
suās
cōpiās subdūcit
(B. G. 1.22)
,
Cæsar leads up his troops.
Caesar statuit
sibi
Rhēnum esse trānseundum
(
id
. 4.16),
Cæsar decided that he must cross the Rhine
(the Rhine must be crossed by himself).
For reflexives of the first and second persons the oblique cases of the personal pronouns (
meī
,
tuī
, etc.) and the corresponding possessives (
meus
,
tuus
, etc.) are used:—
mortī
mē
obtulī
;
(
Mil. 94
),
I have exposed myself to death.
hinc
tē
rēgīnae ad līmina perfer
(Aen. 1.389)
,
do you go
(bear yourself)
hence to the queen's threshold.
quid est quod tantīs
nōs
in labōribus exerceāmus
(Arch. 28)
,
what reason is there why we should exert ourselves in so great toils?
singulīs
vōbīs
novēnōs ex turmīs manipulīsque
vestrī
similēs ēligite
(Liv. 21.54)
,
for each of you pick out from the squadrons and maniples nine like yourselves.