Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

Ipse roundup

After relating the arrest and execution of Catiline’s co-conspirators, Eutropius tells the fate of Catiline.

Ab Antōniō, alterō cōnsule, Catilīna ipse victus proeliō est et interfectus.

Eutropius 6.15

Ipsīus imperātōris animus ad pācem inclinātior erat.

Livy 34.9

Nec tu illī nec mihi virō ipsī crēdis?

Plautus, Amphytrio 756

Quā dē causā Helvetiī quoque reliquōs Gallōs virtūte praecēdunt, quod fere cotidiānīs proeliīs cum Germanīs contendunt, cum aut suīs fīnibus eōs prohibent, aut ipsī in eōrum fīnibus bellum gerunt.

Caesar, Bellum Gallicum 1.1

Ipse emphasizing the reflexive pronoun

Patiēns et fortis sē ipsum fēlicem facit.

Publius Syrus

inclinātior — more inclined (nom. sg. masc.)

praecēdo, praecedere — to surpass
fere — almost
cotidiānus, -a, -um — daily
contendō, contendere — to contend, strive

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