First Person. Second Person. meus, -a, -um, my; tuus, -a, -um, thy; noster, nostra, nostrum, vester, vestra, vestrum, our; your;
Third Person.
suus, -a, -um, his, her,
its, their.
1. Suus is exclusively Reflexive; as,—
pater liberos suos amat, the father loves his children.
Otherwise, his, her, its are regularly expressed by the Genitive Singular of is, viz. ejus; and their by the Genitive Plural, eorum, earum.
2. The Vocative Singular Masculine of meus is mi.
3. The enclitic -pte may be joined to the Ablative Singular of the Possessive Pronouns for the purpose of emphasis. This is particularly common in case of suo, sua; as, suopte, suapte.
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IV. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
87. These point out an object as here or there, or as previously mentioned. They are—
hic, this (where I am); iste, that (where you are); ille, that (something distinct from the speaker); is, that (weaker than ille); idem, the same.
Hic, iste, and ille are accordingly the Demonstratives of the First, Second, and Third Persons respectively.
Hic, this. SINGULAR PLURAL. MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER. MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER. Nom. hic haec hoc hi hae haec Gen. hujus[23] hujus hujus horum harum horum Dat. huic huic huic his his his Acc. hunc hanc hoc hos has haec Abl. hoc hac hoc his his his
Iste, that, that of yours. SINGULAR. PLURAL. MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER. MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER. Nom. iste ista istud[24] isti istae ista[24] Gen. istius istius istius istorum istarum istorum Dat. isti isti isti istis istis istis Acc. istum istam istud istos istas ista[24] Abl. isto ista isto istis istis istis
Ille (archaic olle), that, that one, he, is declined like iste.[25]
Is, he,
this, that.
SINGULAR
PLURAL.
MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER.
MASCULINE. FEMININE. NEUTER.
Nom. is ea id ei,
ii, eae ea
(i)
Gen. ejus ejus ejus eorum
earum eorum
Dat. ei ei ei eis,
iis eis, iis eis, iis
Acc. eum eam id eos
eas ea
Abl. eo ea eo eis,
iis eis, iis eis, iis