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suī (gen.), dat. sibi or sibī, acc. and abl. sē or (more emphatic) sēsē (strengthened sēpse for sē ipse, C.; sēmet, L., H.), sing. and plur, pron. of 3d pers. Source etymology: suus . I. Reflex. A. Himself, herself, itself, themselves .—Referring to the grammatical subj —Acc ., as direct obj: si is posset ab eā sese avellere, T.: per eos, ne causam diceret, se eripuit, Cs.: homo se erexit: se a Gallis auro redemisse, L.: se gerere, to behave : ipse enim se quisque diligit: se ipsum conligere.—With gerundive : ne sui in perpetuum liberandi occasio, Cs.: sui conservandi causā profugere: is sibi legationem ad civitates suscepit, Cs.: propositā sibi morte: Medus infestus sibi, H.: tantos sibi spiritūs sumpserat, Cs.: inimicus ipse sibi putandus est.—Gen obj. : amans sui virtus: dux oblitus sui: potens sui, H.: caecus amor sui, H.: facultatem sui insequendi ademerat, Cs.—Acc. or abl., with praepp. : ducit secum virginem, T.: pro se quisque sedulo Faciebant, each one singly , T.: cum pro se quisque tenderent ad portas, L.: equitatum ante se mittit, Cs.: litterae ad se ab amico missae: exercitus, quantum in se fuit, etc., L.—Referring to a logical subject .—To a definite subject : multis illi in urbibus reficiendi se et curandi potestas fuit: Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari, L.: invenere oppidanos vim hostium ab se arcentes, L.—To an indefinite subject, oneself : deforme est de se ipsum praedicare: ut, quanti quisque se ipse faciat, tanti fiat ab amicis.— B. In dependent clauses, as pers. pron . 3 d pers ., with reflex. reference, him, her, it, them, he, she, they .—In gen., referring to the grammatical subject of the principal clause: impetrat a senatu, ut dies sibi prorogaretur: Ubii legatos mittunt, qui doceant . . . neque ab se fidem laesam, Cs.: in urbibus, quae ad se defecerant, praesidia imposuit, S.— Referring to a logical subject : a regibus litterae, quibus mihi gratias agant, quod se reges appellaverim: cum legati ad eum venissent oratum, ut sibi ignosceret, Cs.—In orat. obliquā , referring to the person whose words are reported: nuntium mittit . . . sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: non sese Gallis, sed Gallos sibi bellum intulisse, Cs.: dato responso (a Thyrreensibus), nullam se novam societatem accepturos, L.—In subordinate clauses, with subjunct. : qui abs te taciti requirunt, cur sibi hoc oneris imposueris: conclamavit, quid ad se venirent? Cs.: multa pollicens, si se conservasset, N.—With subj. (sub-oblique), expressing the view of the reported speaker: Caesarem iniuriam facere, qui vectigalia sibi deteriora faceret, Cs.: quod nec paratus . . . obsecutus esset, credidissetque, cum se vidissent Aetoli, omnia, etc., L. —Instead of the proper case of is or ipse (to suggest the point of view of the person referred to): Unum hoc scio, esse meritam, ut memor esses sui, T.: quem Caesar, ut erat de se meritus, donatum pronuntiavit, Cs.: statuit urbīs, quae . . . adversum se opportunissimae erant, circumvenire, S.: centum boves militibus dono dedit, qui secum fuerant, L.— C. Idiomatic uses, with ad or apud, to one's house, at home : qui a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cottidie: Num tibi videtur esse apud sese? in his senses , T.—Dat pleonast ., of the person interested, for himself : quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? T.: mirantes, quid sibi vellet, L.— Colloq., with suus (old): Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, his very own , T.— II. As pron recipr., each other, one another : nuntiatum . . . patres ac plebem in semet ipsos versos, L.; usu. in the phrase, inter se, one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally : video eos inter se amare, T.: neque solum colent inter se ac diligent: ut neque inter se contingant trabes, Cs.: adhaesiones atomorum inter se: collīs duos propinquos inter se occupat, S.

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