ipse

ips--e Vorlage:lat.

Alternative forms

• ipsus (Old Latin)

Etymology

Compounded from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *swé.

In Old Latin when both parts were inflected, a glide consonant p was inserted in the form *eum-sum, yielding eum-p-sum. From these accusative forms the stems -pso and -psā were extracted and adapted to the nominative forms, thus ipsus and eapsa. Ultimately the paradigm was assimilated to that of iste, ille, with only later in the history of Latin neuter ipsum becoming ipsud.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈip.se/, [ˈɪps̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈip.se/, [ˈipse]
• Hyphenation: ip‧se

Determiner

ipse (feminine ipsa, neuter ipsum); demonstrative pronoun (pronominal)

1. (emphatic) himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual [ quotations ▼]
2. specific reference to the chief, the leader, the one, etc., used to distinguish the principal person from the subordinates [ quotations ▼]
3. in person
4. for one's part, for his part, for her part
5. alone, by oneself, by one's own accord, of one's own nature
6. just (with an adverb of time)

   nunc ipsum ― just now; at this very time

   tum ipsum ― just now; at that very time

7. exactly, precisely, just (with a numeral or for contrast)

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun (pronominal).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ipse	ipsa	ipsum		ipsī	ipsae	ipsa
Genitive	ipsī̆us				ipsōrum	ipsārum	ipsōrum
Dative	ipsī				ipsīs
Accusative	ipsum	ipsam	ipsum		ipsōs	ipsās	ipsa
Ablative	ipsō	ipsā	ipsō		ipsīs

It follows the pronominal declension

• In Medieval Latin the neuter form ipsud (instead of ipsum) appears.