nos

nōs, nostrum, etc., the plur. of ego, q. v. ( gen. nostrōrum and nostrārum, for nostrum:

nemo nostrorum,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39:

nostrarum quisquam,

Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 11 ) [cf. Sanscr. nāu; Gr. nôï], we:

nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 5.—It is frequently used instead of ego:

nos... habemus,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 4; Juv. 1, 15:

nos patriam fugimus,

Verg. E. 1, 4.— Instead of the gen. poss. noster is commonly used. But:

impedis et ais "habe meam rationem." Habe nostrum,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4.—

So, freq. with omnium: communis nostrum omnium patria,

Cic. Fl. 2, 5:

communem omnium nostrum condicionem miserari,

id. Mur. 27, 55:

praesens omnium nostrum fortuna,

Liv. 25, 38, 2; 21, 43, 18.—The gen. obj. is usually nostri, rarely nostrum:

nil nostri miserere?

Verg. E. 2, 7:

memoria nostri tua,

Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 1:

amor nostri,

id. ib. 5, 12, 3:

nostri cupidine captus,

Ov. M. 13, 762:

vale, nostri memor,

Juv. 3, 318.— Gen. part. nearly always nostrum:

quem enim nostrum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5:

domus utriusque nostrum,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2:

Fabio amantissimo utriusque nostrum,

id. Att. 8, 12, 1. — Plur. with sing. predic.:

absente nobis for absente me,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 7:

nobis merenti,

Tib. 3, 6, 55:

insperanti nobis,

Cato, 107, 5 sq. —It often takes the suffix -met, Hor. S. 1, 3, 67; 1, 10, 56.