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-ptĕ , a pronominal suffix appended to adjective and (more rarely) to substantive personal pronouns, esp. in the ablative; the Engl.
I.self, own: “meopte ingenio,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 14.
1. 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.—
2. With subst. pron.: “mepte fieri servum,” Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10: “suumpte amicum,” id. Mil. 2, 4, 38.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.4
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 3.2
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.63
    • Plautus, Captivi, 2.3
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.8
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.5
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.3
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.25
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