Meaning of -pte | Babel Free
[ptɛ]Definitions
A particle usually affixed to the ablative singular of these adjectives (meus, tuus, suus, noster, vester) most frequently to that of suus in order to express more emphatically that a thing belongs to a person as contrasted with what is not his own
morpheme
Examples
“ego meaning "I" → mepte”
“suus → suapte”
“Suapte manu.”
With its own hand.
“suo → suopte”
By its own (weight).
“meo → meopte”
“Meopte ingenio.”
With my own creativity.
“‘[…] with its own sound | the ears are ringing’”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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