oneself Copy link Outline 1. when denoting the subject, expr. by ipse2. in objective relations, use oblique cases of tu3. when a reflex mental action is meant, oft. expr. by pass. refl. • oneself: 1. when denoting the subject, expr. by ipse: evils which o. is free from, quibus ipse malis careas, Lucr. 2, 4: Cic.: v. himself. 2. in objective relations, use oblique cases of tu: if promises injure o. more than they benefit the other party, si plus tibi promissa noceant, quam illi prosint, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32: to be so dear to one's wife as on that account to be dearer to o., uxori tam carum esse, ut propter hoc tibi carior fias. Sen. Ep. 104, 4. In the same way may be used nos, nobis: v. Madv. L. G. § 370. 3. when a reflex mental action is meant, oft. expr. by pass. refl.: e. g. to vex o., angi (animo or animi); to distress o., afflictari; to amuse o., oblectari; etc.: v. to vex, etc.