Vespasianus
Latin
editEtymology
editApparently from Vespasiae, a town near Nursia in Samnium.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯es.pa.siˈaː.nus/, [u̯ɛs̠päs̠iˈäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ves.pa.siˈa.nus/, [vespäs̬iˈäːnus]
Proper noun
editVespasiānus m (genitive Vespasiānī); second declension
- Vespasian (Roman cognomen)
- Titus Flavius Vespasianus — The Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79, succeeded by his son Titus
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Vespasiānus | Vespasiānī |
Genitive | Vespasiānī | Vespasiānōrum |
Dative | Vespasiānō | Vespasiānīs |
Accusative | Vespasiānum | Vespasiānōs |
Ablative | Vespasiānō | Vespasiānīs |
Vocative | Vespasiāne | Vespasiānī |
References
edit- “Vespasianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Vespasianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.