Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

SECOND LATIN
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GRAMMAR
I. Enclitics. -ce, -ne, -ci, -nam, -pte, -pse, -que, -ve, added to the end
of a word, give the word special force or significance.
a) -ce is frequently attached to the demonstrative pronouns and to
some adverbs for emphasis.
istace, these; hisce, by these; hujusce, of this; iIlaece, those; nuncce,
now, at this time; sicce, thus, so; hincce, hence; hucce, hither; illicce,
there; hicce, here
b) -ne may be added to any word, usually the first of a sentence, to
indicate a question.
Dubitasne? Do you doubt? Nonne sic est? IJ it not thus? Utrumne?
Whether? Anne? Or? Quantane? How much? Quone pacto? In
what way? Necne, or not.
c) -ci frequently precedes -ne for more emphasis: hiccine, siccine,
nunccine.
Haeccine vera sunt? Are these things true?
Siccine semper erat? lVas it alt-uays thus?
Nunccine loquitur? Is he now speaking?
d) -nam is frequently attached to pronouns for emphasis.
Quisnam? }Vho, pray?
Cujusnam modi? Of what sort, indeed?
Quanam? Where, indeed?
Quianam? Why?
e) -pte is sometimes appended to pronouns. It has the force of self,
own.
suopte, by himself; mepte, n1e myself
nostrapte culpa, by our own fault
suumpte amicum, his otvn friend
f) -pse is similarly employed.