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160 ipsĕ nŏcŭĭt I did not injure him but he himself; mĭsĕret mē nōn vestrī sĕd mĕī ipsīŭs I do not pity you but myself; ipsĕ vĕnĭt he comes of himself; hŏmo ipsĕ est it is the very man.

§ 340. —The following point out with emphasis:

hīc is often used of what is mentioned last; illĕ of what has been mentioned before it, and sometimes of what is going to be mentioned.

illĕ often expresses approval or surprise; istĕ dislike or contempt.

ĭs, he, that, is quite unemphatic, and is used to avoid repeating a Noun.

§ 341. —The Latin Indefinite Pronouns do not correspond to the English, and their usages can only be fully learned frorn reading.

ălĭquĭs refers to a quite indefinite person or thing: someone, some; dīxĕrĭt ălĭquĭs someone may say.

It is only to be used in Positive expressions, and sometimes expresses considerable emphasis: sēsē ălĭquem crēdēns 'thinking himself somebody.

quĭs is also quite indefinite, but entirely without emphasis: someone, anyone, some, any. It is frequent after sī, nē, num? etc., and can never stand first in a sentence.

quispiam does not differ essentially from ăliquĭs, but it never indicates importance.