Vespasius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯esˈpa.si.us/, [u̯ɛs̠ˈpäs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vesˈpa.si.us/, [vesˈpäːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Vespasius m sg (genitive Vespasiī or Vespasī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Vespasius Pollio, the grandfather of Vespasianus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Vespasius
genitive	Vespasiī Vespasī1
dative	Vespasiō
accusative	Vespasium
ablative	Vespasiō
vocative	Vespasī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Vespasia
• Vespasiānus

References

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