pte
From LSJ
Ζήσεις βίον κράτιστον, ἢν θυμοῦ κρατῇς → Vives bene, si sis vacuus iracundia → Am besten lebst du, wenn du deinen Zorn beherrschst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
-ptĕ: a pronominal suffix appended to adjective and (more rarely) to substantive personal pronouns, esp. in the ablative; the Engl.
I self, own: meopte ingenio, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 14.
1 With adj. pron.: meāpte malitiā, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 18: tuopte ingenio, id. Capt. 2, 3, 11; Tac. H. 2, 63: suopte pondere, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 69: suāpte manu, id. de Or. 3, 3, 10: nostrāpte culpā, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 1.—
2 With subst. pron.: mepte fieri servum, Plaut. Men. 5, 8, 10: suumpte amicum, id. Mil. 2, 4, 38.
