Intensive/Reflexive

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blutoonwithcarrotandnail
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Intensive/Reflexive

Post by blutoonwithcarrotandnail »

I think i have this right:

Intensive (IPSE)

We ourselves will sail accross the sea

Reflexive (ME)

I gave it to myself


Because: In the intensive you are sailing accross the sea - not yourself.
It does not matter if 'We' and 'Ourselves' overlap. And in the relexive
in the second sentence you did it to yourself and nothing is
complicating it.

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Re: Intensive/Reflexive

Post by adrianus »

blutoonwithcarrotandnail wrote:I think i have this right:

Intensive (IPSE)

We ourselves will sail accross the sea

Reflexive (ME)

I gave it to myself
I myself think so, blutoonwithcarrotandnail.
Ego ipse, canorcaerulecarotâclavoque, item puto.
Nota benè quoque: "I gave it to myself" "Id mihi dedi"
"Morti me obtuli"
"I have exposed myself to death" (Allen & Greenough, §299a)
"te perfer" "take (bear) yourself hence" (Allen & Greenough, §299a)

http://fce.ufm.edu/catedraticos/mpolanc ... enough.pdf or http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/pt ... 99.04.0001

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