THE PERSONAL AND REFLEXIVE POSSESSIVE.

652. The possessives of #ego#, #tū#, and #suī#, are #meus#, _mine_,

#tuus#, _thine_, and #suus#, _his, her, its, their_ (_own_), declined

like #bonus# (613), except that #meus# has #mī# in the vocative singular

masculine (459); those of #nōs# and #vōs# are #noster#, _our_, and

#voster#, later #vester#, _your_, declined like #aeger# (617).

653. Old forms are #tuos#, #tuom#, and #suos#, #suom# (452). In old

verse #me͡us#, #me͡i#, &c., #tu͡os#, #tu͡i#, &c., #su͡os#, #su͡i#, &c.,

often occur. #sōs# for #suōs#, #sās# for #suās#, and #sīs# for #suīs#,

are old and rare.

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