#ipse.#
2374. #ipse#, _self_, is used in contrasts.
2375. #ipse# may contrast the chief person with subordinates, or a
person with any thing belonging to him.
#Catilīna ipse pertimuit, profūgit; hī quid exspectant?# _C._ 2, 6,
_Catiline, their head, has fled in abject terror; his minions here, what
wait they for?_ #ē̆ī mūnītiōnī, quam fēcerat, T. Labiēnum lēgātum
praefēcit; ipse in Ītaliam magnīs itineribus contendit#, 1, 10, 3, _he
put Labienus, his lieutenant, in charge of the fortification he had
made; he hurried, himself, to Italy with forced marches_. #tēmētī nihil
adlātum intellegō :: at iam adferētur, sī ā forō ipsus redierit#, Pl.
_Aul._ 355, _I see there’s no wine brought :: but it soon will be, if
the governor comes back from down town_. #‘ipse dīxit;’ “ipse” autem
erat Pȳthagorās#, _DN._ 1, 10, _‘the old man said so;’ now “the old man”
was Pythagoras_. #nāvis tantum iactūrā factā, incolumēs ipsī ēvāsērunt#,
L. 30, 25, 8, _the vessel only was lost, and the sailors escaped in
safety_.
2376. #ipse# is often used with personals and reflexives agreeing with
the emphatic word. But the nominative is usually preferred, especially
when #ipse# stands before the other pronoun, or when it stands after
#per mē#, #per sē#. After #mēmet#, #nōbīsmet#, #nōsmet#, &c., it agrees
with these words.
(_a._) #neque enim potest exercitum is continēre imperātor, quī sē ipsum
nōn continet#, _IP._ 38, _for no commander can keep his army under
control who does not keep his own self under control_. #mīles frātrem
suum, dein sē ipsum interfēcit#, Ta. _H._ 3, 51, _a soldier slew his own
brother, then himself_. (_b._) #ipse sē quisque dīligit#, _L._ 80,
_every man loves himself_. #bellum per sē ipse, iniussū populī ac
senātūs, fēcit#, L. 1, 49, 7, _he made war on his own responsibility,
without orders from the people and senate_. #Iūnius necem sibī̆ ipse
cōnscīvit#, _DN._ 2, 7, _Junius killed himself_. #nōn egeō medicīnā, mē
ipse cōnsōlor#, _L._ 10, _I need no medicine, I am my own comforter_.
(_c._) #ut nōbīsmet ipsīs imperēmus#, _TD._ 2, 47, _that we should
govern ourselves_.
2377. #ipse# alone sometimes stands for an emphatic #sē# or #suus#: as,
#pertimuērunt nē ab ipsīs dēscīsceret et cum suīs in grātiam redīret#,
N. 7, 5, 1, _they were much afraid that he would abandon them and come
into favour with his compatriots again_. #ea molestissimē ferre hominēs
dēbent, quae ipsōrum culpā contrācta sunt#, _QFr._ 1, 1, 2, _people
should be most vexed at things which are brought about through fault of
their own_.
2378. #ipse# is used in many combinations where _self_ is an inadequate
translation. It may sometimes be translated by:
2379. (1.) _Actual_, _positive_, _even_.
#habet certōs suī studiōsōs, quōs valētūdō modo bona sit, tenuitās ipsa
dēlectat#, _Br._ 64, _he has a clique of admirers, who are charmed by
positive scragginess, provided the health be good_. #hōc ipsum
ēlegantius pōnī meliusque potuit#, _Fin._ 2, 100, _even this might have
been put more logically and better_.
2380. (2.) _Regular_, _proper_, _real_.
#flagrantem invidiā propter interitum C. Gracchī ipse populus Rōmānus
perīculō līberāvit#, _Sest._ 140, _though greatly detested in
consequence of the death of Gracchus, he was acquitted by the Roman
people proper_. #cīvēs Rōmānī permultī in illō oppidō cōniūnctissimō
animō cum ipsīs Agrigentīnīs vīvunt#, _V._ 4, 93, _a great many Romans
live in that town in most friendly relations with the natives of
Agrigentum_.
2381. (3.) _As well_, _likewise_, _too_, for which, from Livy on, #et
ipse# is used.
#hoc Rīpheus, hoc ipse Dymās, omnisque iuventūs laeta facit#, V. 2, 394,
_this Ripheus doth, this Dymas too, and all the youth alert_. #cōgitātiō
Locrōs urbem recipiendī, quae sub dēfectiōnem Ītaliae dēscīverat et ipsa
ad Poenōs#, L. 29, 6, 1, _a project for recovering the city of Locri,
which, on the revolt of Italy, had likewise gone over to the
Carthaginians_.
2382. (4.) _Alone_, _mere_.
#nōn sōlum adventus malī, sed etiam metus ipse adfert calamitātem#,
_IP._ 15, _not only the coming of misfortune, but even the mere dread of
it brings disaster_.
2383. (5.) _Exactly_, _just_, with numerals and dates, or _right_, of
place.
#annīs LXXXVI ipsīs ante mē cōnsulem#, _Br._ 61, _exactly 86 years
before my consulship_. #Kalendīs ipsīs Novembribus#, _C._ 1, 8, _on the
1st of November precisely_. #in ipsō vadō dēprehēnsus Indutiomarus
interficitur#, 5, 58, 6, _right at the ford Indutiomarus is caught and
killed_. #suprā ipsum balneum habitō#, Sen. _Ep._ 56, 1, _I live right
over a bath_.
2384. (6.) _Of oneself_, _voluntarily_, _of one’s own motion_.
#valvae subitō sē ipsae aperuērunt#, _Div._ 1, 74, _the temple-door
suddenly opened of itself_. #Catilīnam vel ēiēcimus vel ēmīsimus vel
ipsum ēgredientem verbīs prōsecūtī sumus#, _C._ 2, 1, _we have driven
Catiline out, or let him out, or, when he was going out of his own
motion, wished him godspeed_.