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. νῶϊ], 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.