Micipsa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Numidian [Term?] or Punic 𐤌𐤊𐤅𐤎𐤍 (mkwsn), cognate with ⵎⵉⵙⵉⴱⵙⴰ (misibsa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈkip.sa/, [mɪˈkɪps̠ä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈt͡ʃip.sa/, [miˈt͡ʃipsä]

Proper noun

Micipsa m sg (genitive Micipsae); first declension

1. A king of Numidia and son of Masinissa

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Micipsa
genitive	Micipsae
dative	Micipsae
accusative	Micipsam
ablative	Micipsā
vocative	Micipsa

Derived terms

• Micipsae

References

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