Catalan

Pronoun

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

French

Verb

meus

1. first-person singular present indicative of mouvoir
2. second-person singular present indicative of mouvoir
3. second-person singular imperative of mouvoir

Anagrams

• émus, mues, muse, musé, seum

Galician

Etymology

From Latin meus.

Pronoun

meus m pl (masculine singular meu, feminine singular miña, feminine plural miñas)

1. (possessive) mine

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meos.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.us/

Pronoun

meus m ‎(feminine mea, neuter meum); first/second declension

1. (possessive) my, mine

   Mitte hunc mea gratia.

   Let this man alone for my sake.

Inflection

First/second declension, with irregular vocative masculine singular mī.

Descendants

See also

• tuus
• suus
• noster
• vester

References

• meus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “meus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • something offends my instincts, goes against the grain: aliquid a sensibus meis abhorret
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • I haven't had a wink of sleep: somnum oculis meis non vidi (Fam. 7. 30)
    
  • my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
    
  • my circumstances have not altered: eadem est causa mea or in eadem causa sum
    
  • my interests demanded it: meae rationes ita tulerunt
    
  • my best friend: amicissimus meus or mihi
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mea fert opinio
    
  • according to my opinion: mea (quidem) sententia
    
  • I have become callous to all pain: animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)
    
  • I am discontented with my lot: fortunae meae me paenitet
    
  • something is contrary to my moral sense, goes against my principles: aliquid abhorret a meis moribus (opp. insitum [atque innatum] est animo or in animo alicuius)
    
  • the principles which I have followed since I came to man's estate: meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae (Imp. Pomp. 1. 1.)
    
  • I felt quite at home in his house: apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)
    
  • remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid est meae consuetudinis
    
  • it is my custom: aliquid cadit in meam consuetudinem
    
  • according to my custom: ex consuetudine mea (opp. praeter consuetudinem)
    
  • it is my fault: mea culpa est
    
  • (ambiguous) to be burned to ashes: incendio deleri, absūmi
    
  • (ambiguous) to be carried off by a disease: morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)
    
  • (ambiguous) to die a natural death: morbo perire, absūmi, consūmi
    
  • (ambiguous) I am benefited by a thing: aliquid ad meum fructum redundat
    
  • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    
  • (ambiguous) a vague notion presents itself to my mind: aliquid animo meo obversatur (cf. sect. III, s. v. oculi)
    
  • (ambiguous) according to my strong conviction: ex animi mei sententia (vid. sect. XI. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) I put myself at your disposal as regards advice: consilii mei copiam facio tibi
    
  • (ambiguous) the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • (ambiguous) my dear father: pater optime or carissime, mi pater (vid. sect. XII. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
    
  • (ambiguous) I swear on my conscience: ex animi mei sententia iuro
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin meōs.

Adjective

meus

1. masculine plural of meu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛu̯ʃ/
• Hyphenation: meus

Pronoun

meus m pl

1. Masculine plural form of possessive meu.

See also