ipsimus

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Latin

Etymology

Contraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse + -issimus. Attested in the Satyricon.[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ipsimus (feminine ipsima, neuter ipsimum); first/second-declension adjective (nonstandard)

  1. (emphatic) superlative degree of ipse; the very same
    • Petronius
      Ego tamen et ipsimae satis faciebam

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ipsimus ipsima ipsimum ipsimī ipsimae ipsima
genitive ipsimī ipsimae ipsimī ipsimōrum ipsimārum ipsimōrum
dative ipsimō ipsimae ipsimō ipsimīs
accusative ipsimum ipsimam ipsimum ipsimōs ipsimās ipsima
ablative ipsimō ipsimā ipsimō ipsimīs
vocative ipsime ipsima ipsimum ipsimī ipsimae ipsima

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭpse, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 808
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