ipsissimus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ipse (“-self, the same”) + -issimus (superlative suffix). Attested in Plautus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ipˈsis.si.mus/, [ɪpˈs̠ɪs̠ːɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈsis.si.mus/, [ipˈsisːimus]
Adjective edit
ipsissimus (feminine ipsissima, neuter ipsissimum); first/second-declension adjective
- Superlative degree of ipse: the very same
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ipsissimus | ipsissima | ipsissimum | ipsissimī | ipsissimae | ipsissima | |
| Genitive | ipsissimī | ipsissimae | ipsissimī | ipsissimōrum | ipsissimārum | ipsissimōrum | |
| Dative | ipsissimō | ipsissimō | ipsissimīs | ||||
| Accusative | ipsissimum | ipsissimam | ipsissimum | ipsissimōs | ipsissimās | ipsissima | |
| Ablative | ipsissimō | ipsissimā | ipsissimō | ipsissimīs | |||
| Vocative | ipsissime | ipsissima | ipsissimum | ipsissimī | ipsissimae | ipsissima | |
Descendants edit
- Vulgar Latin: ipsimus
References edit
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭpse, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 808