{"id":1804,"date":"2012-04-23T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2014-08-21T17:51:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T17:51:26","slug":"phoric-emphatic-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/phoric-emphatic-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoric &amp; emphatic pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Phoric pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black;\" border=\"0\" width=\"506\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"78\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"White\" width=\"209\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Singular<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Plural<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Masculine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Masculine<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Nominative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> is<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>id<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ei (ii)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eae<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Accusative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eam<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>id<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eos<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Genitive<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eius<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eorum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>earum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eorum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ei<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eis (iis)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ablative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ea<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eis (iis)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, its <a title=\"Pronominal morphology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/latin\/pronominal-morphology-personal-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\">main function<\/a> is the phoric: it is used to point attention to something that has already been appointed (anaphoric) or something that will be appointed (cataphoric).<\/p>\n<p>But it can also present an emphatic function, especially when it amounts to adjectives <em>talis, tantus<\/em> &#8230; as a correlate of a consecutive sentence:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Non sum <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> qui morte terrear <\/em>= I am not <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">such a person<\/span> that death terrifies me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lacking Latin language of third person <a title=\"Latin personal pronouns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/latin\/pronominal-morphology-personal-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\">personal pronouns<\/a>, <em>is<\/em> pronoun may fulfill this function:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eum<\/span> vidi<\/em> = I saw him<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The <em>is<\/em> phoric pronoun is used, in genitive, as a possessive non-reflexive (when the holder is not the subject of the sentence):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hannibal cum Romanis pugnavit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eorum<\/span>que exercitum vicit<\/em> = Hannibal fought the Romans and defeated <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their<\/span> (Roman) army<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Is<\/em> pronoun is frequently used as antecedent of relative. If the verb of the relative clause appears in the subjunctive, the value of <em>is<\/em> is emphatic. If the verb of the relative clause is in the indicative, is purely a phoric pronoun:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>E civibus eligi debet <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is qui<\/span> civibus imperaturus est<\/em> = it must be chosen from among citizens who will rule the citizens<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Emphatic pronouns<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black;\" border=\"0\" width=\"506\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"78\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"209\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Singular<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Plural<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Masculine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Masculine<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Nominative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipse<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsae<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Accusative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsam<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsos<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Genitive<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsius<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsorum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsarum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsorum<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsi<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ablative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipso<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipsa<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>ipso<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> ipsis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, its <a title=\"Pronouns emphatic function\" href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/latin\/pronominal-morphology-personal-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\">main function is emphatic<\/a>: it reinforces the grammatical unit that enters. It means &#8216;self&#8217; or &#8216;own&#8217;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ipse vidi<\/em> = I saw it myself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ipse dixisti<\/em> = You said it yourself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Medice, cura te ipsum<\/em> = Doctor, heal yourself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is sometimes used as third person pronoun, pointing the original value of opposition that this pronoun had:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Caesar milites in proxima municipia deducit; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ipse<\/span> ad urbem proficiscitur<\/em> = Caesar led his troops to nearby towns, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">he, for his part<\/span>, departed to Rome<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Phoric-emphatic pronouns<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black; text-align: left; width: 585px; height: 200px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none; border-color: black;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"78\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"209\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Singular<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Plural<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Masculine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Masculine<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Feminine<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Neuter<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Nominative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>idem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eadem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"64\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>idem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; width: 80px;\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eidem (iidem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eaedem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eadem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Accusative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eundem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eandem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>idem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eosdem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"61\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>easdem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>eadem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genitive<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eiusdem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eorundem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>earundem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"62\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eorundem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Dative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"210\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eidem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eisdem (iisdem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black; color: black;\" bgcolor=\"white\" width=\"78\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Ablative<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eodem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eadem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" width=\"66\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em>eodem<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: black;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"197\">\n<p align=\"center\"><em> eisdem (iisdem)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Also called pronoun of identity, it has the phoric function (pointing to something that has already been mentioned in the text) and emphatic function (reinforce the designated subject). 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