Vespasianus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently from Vespasiae, a town near Nursia in Samnium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯es.pa.siˈaː.nus/, [u̯ɛs̠päs̠iˈäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ves.pa.siˈa.nus/, [vespäs̬iˈäːnus]
Proper noun[edit]
Vespasiānus m (genitive Vespasiānī); second declension
- Vespasian (Roman cognomen)
- Titus Flavius Vespasianus — The Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79, succeeded by his son Titus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Vespasiānus | Vespasiānī |
| Genitive | Vespasiānī | Vespasiānōrum |
| Dative | Vespasiānō | Vespasiānīs |
| Accusative | Vespasiānum | Vespasiānōs |
| Ablative | Vespasiānō | Vespasiānīs |
| Vocative | Vespasiāne | Vespasiānī |
References[edit]
- “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.