himself Copy link Outline 1. in agr. with subject2. in objective relations, i. e. when used reflexively3. when the use of the words himself, themselves, indicates some opposition or antithesis • himself: 1. in agr. with subject: ipse, īus: he h. said so, ipse dixit (= Gr. αὐτὸς ἔφα), Quint. 11, 1, 27: Cic.: Sall. Sometimes strengthened by -met, Pl. Amph. prol. 102: Cic.: the superl. ipsissimus also occurs: Pl. Trin. 4, 2, 146. 2. in objective relations, i. e. when used reflexively: sui, sĭbi, sē or sēsē (referring back to the subject of the sentence): he devoted h. altogether to politics, totum se dedidit reipublicae, Nep. Them. 1: they surrendered themselves to Caesar, se Caesari dediderunt, Caes.: Cic. The forms sibi, se, are often strengthened by the suffix -met; and the prep. cum is always used enclitically when joined with se, as secum. 3. when the use of the words himself, themselves, indicates some opposition or antithesis: ipse and sui combined: the ipse agreeing with the subject or object, according as stress is laid on the one or the other, cf. Zumpt § 696; St. L. G. § 617: (i). subjects contrasted: without trying to move the pity of the enemy, he laid violent hands on himself, ne tentata quidem hostis misericordia se ipse interfecit (i. e. it was not the enemy who slew him, but himself), Vell. 2, 71, fin.: cf. Tac. H. 1, 46, Praetorii praefectos sibi ipsi legere (i. e. they made the appointments themselves, others did not make them): (ii). objects contrasted: he cannot control an army who does not control himself, non potest exercitum is continere qui se ipsum non continet, Cic. Man. 13, 38: he slew his brother, and afterwards himself, fratrem suum dein seipsum (or se ipsum) interfecit, Tac. (Key). N.B.--The former constr. is however more frequent, and is found even in cases where there is an antithesis of objects: cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, quid est negotii continere eos quibus praesis, si te ipse (cf. supr. i.) contineas? cf. Zumpt, l. c. Phr.: to do right of h. (freely), sua sponte recte facere, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50: almost beside h., vix compos animi, ib. 3, 2, 12 (v. oneself): one who lives by h., solitarius homo, Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; who keeps by h. (in political strife), qui solitarius separatusque secedit, Gell. 2, 12, init.