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In Old Latin when both parts were inflected, a glide consonant p was inserted in the form *eum-sum, yielding eum-p-sum. From these accusative forms the stems -pso and -psā were extracted and adapted to the nominative forms, thus ipsus and eapsa. Ultimately the paradigm was assimilated to that of iste, ille, with only later in the history of Latin neuter ipsum becoming ipsud.
Ūnam, quae Lyciōs fīdumque vehēbat Orontēn, ipsius ante oculōs, ingēns ā vertice pontus in puppim ferit .
One , which was carrying the faithful Orontes and Lycians – before the eyes of himself – a huge wave from high above smashes upon stern . (See: Aeneas; Lycia, Lycians.)
“ipse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ipse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
to penetrate into the heart of Greece: in ipsam or intimam Graeciam penetrare
(ambiguous) at the same moment that, precisely when: eo ipso tempore, cum; tum ipsum, cum
just at the critical moment: in ipso discrimine (articulo) temporis
extraneous causes: causae extrinsecus allatae (opp. in ipsa re positae)
at the critical moment: in ipso periculi discrimine
everyday experience tells us this: res ipsa, usus rerum (cotidie) docet
the very facts of the case show this: res ipsa docet
the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
there is a flavour of Atticism about his discourse: ex illius orationibus ipsae Athenae redolent
this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
(ambiguous) at the same moment that, precisely when: eo ipso tempore, cum; tum ipsum, cum
(ambiguous) with this very object: ad id ipsum
(ambiguous) the circumstances are described in language worthy of them: rebus ipsis par est oratio
(ambiguous) to have self-control; to restrain oneself, master one's inclinations: sibi imperare or continere et coercere se ipsum
ipse in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
^ * Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
^ Joan Veny (1986): "Els parlars catalans", ed Raixa, →ISBN