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|lshtext=<b>nōs</b>: [[nostrum]], etc., the plur. of ego, q. v. (<br /><b>I</b> gen. nostrōrum and nostrārum, for [[nostrum]]: [[nemo]] nostrorum, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39: nostrarum [[quisquam]], Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 11) [cf. Sanscr. nāu; Gr. νῶϊ>], we: nos, nos, [[dico]] aperte, consules desumus, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 5.—It is [[frequently]] used [[instead]] of ego: nos ... habemus, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Juv. 1, 15: nos patriam fugimus, Verg. E. 1, 4.— Instead of the gen. poss. [[noster]] is [[commonly]] used. But: impedis et ais "habe meam rationem." Habe [[nostrum]], Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4.— So, freq. [[with]] omnium: [[communis]] [[nostrum]] omnium [[patria]], Cic. Fl. 2, 5: communem omnium [[nostrum]] condicionem miserari, id. Mur. 27, 55: [[praesens]] omnium [[nostrum]] [[fortuna]], Liv. 25, 38, 2; 21, 43, 18.—The gen. obj. is [[usually]] nostri, [[rarely]] [[nostrum]]: nil nostri miserere? Verg. E. 2, 7: [[memoria]] nostri tua, Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1: [[amor]] nostri, id. ib. 5, 12, 3: nostri cupidine [[captus]], Ov. M. 13, 762: [[vale]], nostri [[memor]], Juv. 3, 318.—Gen. [[part]]. [[nearly]] [[always]] [[nostrum]]: quem [[enim]] [[nostrum]], Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: [[domus]] utriusque [[nostrum]], id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: Fabio amantissimo utriusque [[nostrum]], id. Att. 8, 12, 1. —Plur. [[with]] [[sing]]. predic.: absente nobis for absente me, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7: nobis merenti, Tib. 3, 6, 55: insperanti nobis, [[Cato]], 107, 5 sq.—It [[often]] takes the suffix -met, Hor. S. 1, 3, 67; 1, 10, 56.

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