ipsimus

Latin

Etymology

Contraction of earlier ipsissimus, from ipse + -issimus. Attested in the Satyricon.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈɪps̠ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈip.si.mus/, [ˈipsimus]

Pronoun

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

1. (emphatic) superlative degree of ipse; the very same
   • Petronius

     Ego tamen et ipsimae satis faciebam

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

• *metipsimus