own (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by gen. of ipse2. when a contrast gives prominence to the pron. adj., meus, tuus, suus, etc. are sufficiently emphatic without any addition3. the pron. adj. is sometimes strengthened by suffixes, -met, -pte4. proprius (one's own); oft. with pron. adj. meus, tuus, etc.5. pĕcūliāris, e (of one's o. private property • own (adj.): always preceded by my, thy, his, our, your, their, or some other possessive word: 1. expr. by gen. of ipse: with my, his, o. hand, mea, sua ipsius manu: with their o. blood, eorum ipsorum sanguine, Cic. Man. 11, 30, et pass. Also the pron. ipse freq. stands in apposition with subject, instead of being put in gen.: he cut off his o. legs, *ipse sua crura amputavit (not sua ipsius crura): for rules applying to such cases, comp. himself. 2. when a contrast gives prominence to the pron. adj., meus, tuus, suus, etc. are sufficiently emphatic without any addition: e. g. to defend the interests of their allies, not their o. homes, sociorum fortunas, non sua tecta defendere, Cic. Man. 12, init.: grasping what belonged to others; lavish of his o., alieni appetens, sui profusus, Sall. Cat. 5. 3. the pron. adj. is sometimes strengthened by suffixes, -met, -pte: by my o. fault, meamet (rare and archaic) culpa, Pl. Poen. 1, 3, 37: on my o. account, meapte causa, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 8 so, nostrapte culpa, id. Ph. 5, 2, 1. This kind of emphasis is most common in suus: e. g. killed by his o. hand, suapte manu interfectus, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 10: in their own way, suopte more, Sall. Jug. 31. (N.B.--The pron. adj. is idiomatically strengthened by dativus ethicus sibi: I cut this man's throat with his o. sword, suo sibi hunc gladio jugulo, Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35.) 4. proprius (one's own); oft. with pron. adj. meus, tuus, etc.: all that was (peculiarly) our o., omnia quae nostra erant propria, Cic. R. Am. 52, init. Also without pron. adj., where the context implies possession: three estates are handed over to Capito as his o., tria praedia Capitoni p. traduntur, ib. 8, 21. 5. pĕcūliāris, e (of one's o. private property: strictly, in the case of persons not sui juris): to get anything on one's o. private account, aliquid p. nomine apprehendere [de filio], Ulp. Dig. 41, 2, 4: his o. private slaves, servi p., Suet. Caes. 76.
own (v.) Copy link Outline I. To possess1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (a general and somewhat vague expr.)2. possĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (strictly to hold or be in occupation, whether with ownership or notII. To acknowledge • own (v.): I. To possess: 1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (a general and somewhat vague expr.): a madman is incapacitated from o.ing property, furiosus affectionem tenendi non habet, Paul. Dig. 41, 2, 1 § 3: to o. as private property (strictly of persons not sui juris), peculiariter t., ib. § 5: all that rich Achaemenes o.'d, quae tenuit dives A., Hor. Od. 2, 12, 21. 2. possĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (strictly to hold or be in occupation, whether with ownership or not: cf. Gal. 2, 49, where stolen goods, res furtivae, and things wrongfully possessed, res vi possessae, are classed together: also used by ordinary writers in gen. sense): v. to possess. Phr.: he who o.s property, qui dominus est, Gai. Inst. 2, 61: if he o. a slave, si in bonis ejus sit servus, ib. 1, 54: I consider I continue, to o., though not (actually) to possess, ego dominium me retinere puto, possessionem non puto, Ulp. Dig. 41, 2, 13, init. (Legal.). II. To acknowledge: făteor, confĭteor, 2: v. to confess. Phr.: to o. the sovereignty of, (imperio) parere, dicto audientem esse, etc.: v. to obey; subject (be).
OWN Copy link • OWN 1. adj. Belonging to or proceeding from one’s self, proprius. But it is usually expressed by the possessive pronouns meus, tuus, suus, etc., or by ipsius, or more strongly by meus (tuus, etc.) ipsius, or simply by ipse; e.g., he had written it with his own hand, ipsius (or sua ipsius) manu scriptum erat; ipse scripserat: I have seen it with my own eyes, ipse vidi; praesens vidi: I quote the prince’s own words, ipsa principis verba referam: through my own fault, mea culpa: by one’s own exertions, meo (suo, etc.) Marte (also with ut dicitur; Vid: Cic., Off., 3, 7, 34; Verro, 3, 4, 9. ☞ Avoid proprio Marte): with one’s own hand, manu mea (tua, etc.) factus (made) or scriptus (written): a letter written with one’s own hand, epistola, quam mea manu scripsi; litterae autographae (Suet., Oct., 87); litterae ipsius manu scriptae; chirographum (one’s handwriting, autograph) with one’s own hand, by one’s own means, propriis viribus (by one’s own strength or power); sumtu privato (at one’s own cost or expense; e.g., bellum gerere; Vid: Liv., 2, 53 fy 47). That one can use or apply to his own advantage, proprius (opposed to communis or alienus; ☞ in Cic., always with a genitive, to which the passage, Cic., Rosc., Am., 8, 21, tria praedia Capitoni propria traduntur, is no objection, since Capitoni depends on traduntur: in other writers also with a dative): peculiaris (that which one has for his own person and advantage): privatus (that belongs to one as his private property; opposed to publicus): domesticus (that concerns one’s own family). (The words are found in this connection and order.) domesticus et privatus (e.g., domesticae et privatae res; opposed to publicae): privus (proper to one’s self, one’s very own). Here, also, the possesive pronouns are frequently sufficient, to which, also, proprius may be added for emphasis; e.g., suo annulo signare; calamitatem propriam suam queri: one’s own house, aedes peculiares (Pompon. Dig., 15, 1, 22): he has taken away everything that was our own, ademit nobis omnia, quae nostra erant propria: to make anything one’s own, proprium sibi facere aliquid (so as to be able to dispose of it; Vid: Hor., Sat., 2, 6, 5): sibi acquirere in aliquid (to acquire as one’s property): discere, percipere aliquid (by learning: ☞ in succum et sanguinem vertere is without any warrant): a rich man who sails in his own yacht, dives, quem ducit priva triremis (poetical): each vessel has its own lid, opercula sunt doliis priva. 2. v. To possess, rem possidere, habere; re frui. To recognize, acknowledge, agnoscere, cognoscere (to recognize anything as being what it is): appellare aliquem (with an accusative of the title; to declare anyone to be such or such a person): probare, comprobare (to approve of). To own one as his son, agnoscere aliquem filium (opposed to abdicare filium): to own anyone as king, regem appellare aliquem (to declare anyone king): alicui parere (to obey anyone; opposed to detrectare alicujus imperium). To confess, fateor (mostly implying a previous question): confiteor, profiteor (confiteor, reluctantly, from being unable to conceal; profiteor, freely, openly; often joined with prae se ferre): to own a debt, confiteri aes alienum (XII. Tabb. ap. Gell., etc.); confiteri nomen; fateri se debere (opposed to infitiari debitum): to own a fault or crime, confiteri peccatum (Cic.) or se peccasse.