Vespasianus
Latin
Etymology
Apparently from Vespasiae, a town near Nursia in Samnium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛs.pa.siˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ves.pa.s̬iˈaː.nus]
Proper noun
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
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.