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nōs , nostrum, etc., the plur. of ego, q. v. (
I.gen. nostrōrum and nostrārum, for nostrum: “nemo nostrorum,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39: “nostrarum quisquam,Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 11) [cf. Sanscr. nāu; Gr. νῶϊ], we: “nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 5.—It is frequently used instead of ego: “nos ... habemus,Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Juv. 1, 15: “nos patriam fugimus,Verg. E. 1, 4.— Instead of the gen. poss. noster is commonly used. But: “impedis et ais "habe meam rationem." Habe nostrum,Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4.— “So, freq. with omnium: communis nostrum omnium patria,Cic. Fl. 2, 5: “communem omnium nostrum condicionem miserari,id. Mur. 27, 55: “praesens omnium nostrum fortuna,Liv. 25, 38, 2; 21, 43, 18.—The gen. obj. is usually nostri, rarely nostrum: “nil nostri miserere?Verg. E. 2, 7: “memoria nostri tua,Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1: “amor nostri,id. ib. 5, 12, 3: “nostri cupidine captus,Ov. M. 13, 762: “vale, nostri memor,Juv. 3, 318.—Gen. part. nearly always nostrum: “quem enim nostrum,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: “domus utriusque nostrum,id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: “Fabio amantissimo utriusque nostrum,id. Att. 8, 12, 1. —Plur. with sing. predic.: “absente nobis for absente me,Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7: “nobis merenti,Tib. 3, 6, 55: “insperanti nobis,Cato, 107, 5 sq.—It often takes the suffix -met, Hor. S. 1, 3, 67; 1, 10, 56.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.17.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.1.4
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12.5
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 7.9.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 8.12.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.4.2
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 1.1.5
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 27.55
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.762
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 4.2
    • Horace, Satires, 1.3.67
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 38
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 43
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