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blutoonwithcarrotandnail
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by blutoonwithcarrotandnail » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:21 pm
Could somebody give me a sentence example of MEUS being
used in its vocative 'MEI' form?
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by bedwere » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:39 pm
Do you mean "mi"?
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by Twpsyn » Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:39 pm
First line of Catullus 13:
Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me, ....
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by blutoonwithcarrotandnail » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:33 am
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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by Twpsyn » Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:50 am
You will dine well with me, my Fabullus.
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by MarcusE » Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:47 pm
or more literally,
Cenabis (you will dine) bene (well) mi Fabulle (my Fabullus) apud me (with me)
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by metrodorus » Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:31 pm
Amasne me, mi fili bone?
This includes both me, and mi.
Do you love me, my good son?
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by TamerOfHorses » Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:25 pm
apud + accusative is usually translated as "at the house of".
You will dine well my Fabullus at my house.
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by blutoonwithcarrotandnail » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:09 am
Just out of curiosity - is ME in the following sentence Accusative or
Dative?
AMASNE ME MI FILI BONE?
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by Kasper » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:38 am
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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