suus Latin · revision 17724

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 450 BC, Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *swé}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsu.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsuː.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suus''' (feminine sua, neuter suum); first/second-declension determiner, with locative^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*sowos]], [[inh|ine-pro|*sewos|t=one's own]], from the reflexive [[m|ine-pro|*swé|t=self]].^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan explains the vowels as [[m|ine-pro|*suós]] remade after the genitive ⟨*seue⟩ of the reflexive.^(de Vaan 2008) Early inscriptions write ⟨sou-⟩ (ablative ⟨souo⟩, plural ⟨soueis⟩), and Ennius used short forms such as ⟨sos⟩, ⟨sas⟩ and ⟨sīs⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Cognate with [[osc|suvad]], [[grc|ἑός|tr=heós]] and [[got|𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍃|tr=swēs|t=one's own]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found in the Twelve Tables;^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008) Old Latin inscriptions have ''soueis'' for ''suīs''.^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Suus'' is the reflexive possessive: “his, her, its, their (own)”, referring to the subject of the clause or, in reported speech, to the subject of the main verb.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is closely linked with ''[[quisque]]'' (''sibi quisque habeant quod suom est'' “let each keep what is his”, Plautus).^(OLD 2012) Used emphatically it means “his own”, and as a noun ''suī'' are “one's family or followers” and ''sua'' “one's property”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It is strengthened with ''-pte'' and ''-met'' (''suōpte'', ''suamet'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 450 BC – Used in the Twelve Tables.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses the short forms ''sīs'' and ''sas''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses ''suom'' “his property”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # [[m|en|his]], her, its, their (own), one's own (referring to the subject).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # His own, proper, peculiar to him.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(masculine plural as noun)'' One's family, friends, followers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(neuter plural as noun)'' One's property.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suātim]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eius]]

+ * [[tuus]]

+ * [[sē]]

+ * [[meus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}