ipsimus

ipsimus

Latin

Etymology

    Contraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse +‎ -issimus.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

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

    1. (emphatic, nonstandard) superlative degree of ipse; the very same
      • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon:
        "Ego tamen et ipsimae satis faciebam."
        "I gave satisfaction to the very same too."

    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

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

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