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.

	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.