ipsimus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse + -issimus. Attested in the Satyricon.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈɪps̠ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈipsimus]
Pronoun edit
ipsimus (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 edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭpse, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 808