Vipsanius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ipˈsaː.ni.us/, [u̯ɪpˈs̠äːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vipˈsa.ni.us/, [vipˈsäːnius]

Proper noun

Vipsānius m sg (genitive Vipsāniī or Vipsānī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vipsānius
Genitive	Vipsāniī Vipsānī1
Dative	Vipsāniō
Accusative	Vipsānium
Ablative	Vipsāniō
Vocative	Vipsānī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Vipsānia
• Vipsānus

References

• “Vipsanius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vipsanius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.