-ptĕ

(more rarely) to substantive personal pronouns, esp. in the ablative; the Engl.

self; own •

self, own: meopte ingenio, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 14.

adj. pron ••

With adj. pron.: meāpte malitiā, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 18: tuopte ingenio, id. Capt. 2, 3, 11; Tac. H. 2, 63: suopte pondere, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 69: suāpte manu, id. de Or. 3, 3, 10: nostrāpte culpā, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 1.—

subst. pron •

With subst. pron.: mepte fieri servum, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10: suumpte amicum, id. Mil. 2, 4, 38.

Perseus ID: n39359 Key: pte