Latin Grammar

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Syntax. 2. Sometimes the Possessive Pronouns are used with the force of an Objective Genitive; as,-

metus vester,fear of YOU; deslderium tuum, longing for you. 3. For special emphasis, the Latin employs ipsius or ipsorum, in apposition with the Genitive idea implied in the Possessive; as,mea ipslus opera, by my own help ; nostra ipsorum opera, by our own help; a. So sometimes other Genitives; as,mea linius opera, by the assistance of me alone. REFLEXIVE

PRONOUNS.

244. I. The Reflexive Pronoun se and the Possessive Reflexive suus have a double use:1. They may refer to the subject of the clause (either principal or subordinate) in which they stand, - 'Direct Reflexives'; as,se amant, they love themselves; adjuvat, he helps hzs own friends; eum ora vi, ut se s'ervaret, I besought him to save himselj'.

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II. They may stand in a subordinate clause and refer to the subject of the principal clause, - , Indirect Reflexives'; as,me oravit ut se defenderem, he besouglzt me to defend' him (lit. that I defend himself) ; me oraverunt, ut fortftnarum suarum defensionem susciperem, they besought me to undertake the defense of their fortunes. a. The Indirect Reflexive is mainly restricted to those clauses which express the thought, not of the author, but of the subject of the principal clause. 2. The Genitive suI is regularly employed, like mel and tUI, as an Objective Genitive, e.g. oblltus suf, forgetful of himself; but it occasionally occurs -- particularly in post-Augustan writers - in place of the Possessive suus; as, fruitur fama sUI, Ite enjoys hzs OW?1- fame.

3. Se and suus are sometimes used in the sense, one's self, one'J own, where the reference is not to any particular person; as,se amare, to love one's self; suum genium propitHire, to propitiate

one's own genius.


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