The vocative of MEUS

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The vocative of MEUS

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Could somebody give me a sentence example of MEUS being
used in its vocative 'MEI' form?

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Do you mean "mi"?

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First line of Catullus 13:

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me, ....

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Twpsyn wrote:First line of Catullus 13:

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me, ....
Can you give me an english translation for this line?

'Cenabis good, my story among (in the works of) my'

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You will dine well with me, my Fabullus.

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Post by MarcusE »

or more literally,

Cenabis (you will dine) bene (well) mi Fabulle (my Fabullus) apud me (with me)

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Amasne me, mi fili bone?
This includes both me, and mi.
Do you love me, my good son?

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apud + accusative is usually translated as "at the house of".

You will dine well my Fabullus at my house.

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Post by blutoonwithcarrotandnail »

Just out of curiosity - is ME in the following sentence Accusative or
Dative?

AMASNE ME MI FILI BONE?

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Post by Kasper »

Hi Blutoon,

'me' can only be accusative or ablative. In the above sentence it is the object of 'amas', and therefore accusative.

the dative of 'me' (or ego) is 'mihi' (although at times it may be contracted to 'mi', particularly in poetry.)

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