-pte

See also: Pte

Latin

Etymology

From some syncopated form of potis still whole in utpote.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-pte

  1. A particle usually affixed to the ablative singular of these adjectives (meus, tuus, suus, noster, vester) most frequently to that of suus in order to express more emphatically that a thing belongs to a person as contrasted with what is not his own
    Suapte manu.
    With its own hand.
    • suosuopte
      Suopte pondere.
      By its own (weight).
    • meomeopte
    Meopte ingenio.
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    ‘[…] sonitū suopte | tintinant aurēs’ Catul.51
    ‘[…] with its own sound | the ears are ringing’

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