ipsimus
Latin
editEtymology
editContraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse + -issimus. Attested in the Satyricon.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈɪps̠ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈipsimus]
Pronoun
editipsimus (feminine ipsima, neuter ipsimum); first/second-declension adjective (nonstandard)
- (emphatic) superlative degree of ipse; the very same
- Petronius
- Ego tamen et ipsimae satis faciebam
- Petronius
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ipsimus | ipsima | ipsimum | ipsimī | ipsimae | ipsima | |
Genitive | ipsimī | ipsimae | ipsimī | ipsimōrum | ipsimārum | ipsimōrum | |
Dative | ipsimō | ipsimō | ipsimīs | ||||
Accusative | ipsimum | ipsimam | ipsimum | ipsimōs | ipsimās | ipsima | |
Ablative | ipsimō | ipsimā | ipsimō | ipsimīs | |||
Vocative | ipsime | ipsima | ipsimum | ipsimī | ipsimae | ipsima |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭpse, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 808