meus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mĕus, a, um (voc. meus for mi:

I proice tela manu, sanguis meus, Verg. A. 6, 835: Lolli meus, Sid. Ep. 1, 9; and: domine meus, id. ib. 4, 10; gen. plur meūm for meorum: pietas majorum meūm, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 66: meapte, Ter. Heaut. 686: meopte, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 77: meāmet, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; Sall. J. 85, 24; archaic form MIVS: MIEIS MORIBVS, Monum. Scip. in Inscr. Orell. 554; and mis = meis: ingens cura'st mis concordibus aequiperare, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 955 P.; cf. Vahl. Enn. Ann. v. 131, p. 21), pron. possess . [me], my, mine, belonging to me, my own : haec ero dicam meo, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 304: carnifex, Ter. And. 651: discriptio, made by me , Cic. Sen. 17, 59: crimen, against me, what I am blamed for , Ap. Mag. 10 init. p. 279: non mea est simulatio, is not my way , Ter. Heaut. 782: tempestate meā, in my day , Juv. 4, 140: meus sum, I am myself, in my right senses : pavidum gelidumque trementi Corpore, vixque meum firmat deus, Ov. M. 3, 689: quod quidem ego facerem, nisi plane esse vellem meus, quite independent , Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 17: vindicta postquam meus a praetore recessi, my own master, free , Pers. 5, 88: meus est, he is mine, I have him, have caught him, he is in my power : meus hic est: hamum vorat, Plaut. Curc. 3, 61: meus illic homost, id. Mil. 2, 3, 63; id. Ps. 1, 3, 147; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 70: hic homo meus est, id. Ps. 4, 7, 21: vicimus: en! meus est, exclamat Nāis, Ov. M. 4, 356: meus, my, my own, my dear, my beloved : Nero meus mirificas apud me tibi gratias agit, Cic. Fam. 13, 64, 1: civis, my fellow-citizen , Juv. 12, 121.—With apposite gen.: cui nomen meum absentis honori fuisset, Cic. Planc. 10, 26: quod meum factum dictumve consulis gravius quam tribuni audistis? Liv. 7, 40, 9. ut mea defunctae molliter ossa cubent, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 108.— Absol. : mĕi , ōrum, m., my friends or relatives, my adherents, my followers : ego meorum solus sum meus, Ter. Phorm. 587: flamma extrema meorum, Verg. A. 2, 431: meus homo, or simply meus, i. e. this silly fellow of mine : homo meus se in pulpito Totum prosternit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 32: at legatus meus ad emendum modo proficiscitur, Auct. Decl. Quint. 12, 18: stupor, this blockhead of mine , Cat. 17, 21: mea and mea tu, my love, my darling : mea Pythias, Ter. Eun. 656: mea tu, id. Ad. 289: o mea, Ov. M. 14, 761.— Voc. : mi, my dear! my beloved! o mi Aeschine, o mi germane! Ter. Ad. 268.—With the fem. : mi soror, Ap. Met. 5, 16, 7; 4, 27, 17; 8, 8, 18; mi domina, Hier. Ep. 22, 1: mi catella, id. ib. 2: mi virgo, id. ib. 17.—In plur.: mi homines, mi spectatores, dear people, good spectators , Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 8.— Neutr. absol. : mĕum , i, n., mine : quod subrupuisti meum, my property , i. e. my daughter , Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 29; cf. meam, id. ib. v. 14; 26: meum est, it is my affair, my concern, my duty, my custom : non est mentiri meum, Ter. Heaut. 549: puto esse meum, quid sentiam, exponere, Cic. Fam. 6, 5.—

2 Plur. : fundite quae mea sunt, cuncta, Juv. 12, 37.

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