Vespasianus

Latin

Etymology

Apparently from Vespasiae, a town near Nursia in Samnium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯es.pa.siˈaː.nus/, [u̯ɛs̠päs̠iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ves.pa.siˈa.nus/, [vespäs̬iˈäːnus]

Proper noun

Vespasiānus m (genitive Vespasiānī); second declension

1. Vespasian (Roman cognomen)

   Titus Flavius Vespasianus — The Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79, succeeded by his son Titus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Vespasiānus	Vespasiānī
Genitive	Vespasiānī	Vespasiānōrum
Dative	Vespasiānō	Vespasiānīs
Accusative	Vespasiānum	Vespasiānōs
Ablative	Vespasiānō	Vespasiānīs
Vocative	Vespasiāne	Vespasiānī

References

• “Vespasianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Vespasianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.