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Jackie #169969 09/12/07 12:59 PM
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Ipsi...is that Latin?

Yes, it is. It's a pronoun that means 'the very one; he himself; the same'. Shows up in the phrase ipse dixit 'he himself said it'.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
zmjezhd #169972 09/12/07 04:09 PM
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and ipso facto!

zmjezhd #169973 09/12/07 04:12 PM
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I'll add that ipse is the emphatic pronoun not the reflexive pronoun since that's not often taught in English.
I wash myself (reflexive)
I wash the dog myself (emphatic)

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