sē

From Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seː/, [s̠eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se/, [sɛː]

Pronoun

sē (accusative and ablative, no nominative)

1. (reflexive) the accusative of the third-person singular and plural reflexive pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves

   Vōcālis est littera quae per sē syllabam facere potest. ― A vowel is a letter that can form a syllable by itself.

   Quīntus quōmodo sē habet hodiē? ― How's Quintus doing today? (literally, “is holding himself”)

   In mare sē praecipitāvit. ― He drowned himself in the ocean.

2. (reflexive) the ablative of the third-person singular and plural reflexive pronoun

Usage notes

• sēsē is very common as the emphatic form of the accusative pronoun, especially in reference to a preceding ipse, or at the beginning or the end of a clause.