ipsissimus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ipse (“-self, the same”) + -issimus (superlative suffix). Attested in Plautus.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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 | |||||
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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, volume 4: G H I, page 808