IPSIS, ipsis
Sounds Like: IP-sis
Translations: to them, for them, by them, with them, themselves, to themselves, for themselves, by themselves, with themselves
From the root: IPSE
Part of Speech: Pronoun
Explanation: IPSIS is an inflection of the Latin demonstrative pronoun IPSE, meaning 'himself, herself, itself, themselves'. It is used to emphasize the noun or pronoun it refers to, often translated as 'the very' or 'the actual'. IPSIS specifically functions as the dative or ablative case in the plural, applying to all genders. It can indicate the indirect object ('to them') or be used with prepositions to show means, accompaniment, or manner ('by them', 'with them').
Inflection: Dative or Ablative, Plural, All genders
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, IPSE.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- IPSA — herself, she herself, the very (one), itself
- IPSAS — themselves, them, the very ones, the actual ones
- IPSE — himself, herself, itself, themselves, the very, the actual, he himself, she herself, it itself
- IPSI — they themselves, the very ones, the actual ones, to himself, to herself, to itself, to the very one, to the actual one
- IPSIUS — (of) himself, (of) herself, (of) itself, (of) the very one
- IPSO — by himself, with himself, from himself, in himself, on himself, by itself, with itself, from itself, in itself, on itself, by the very, with the very, from the very, in the very, on the very
- IPSOS — themselves, them themselves, the very ones
- IPSUM — himself, itself, the very (one), the actual (one)
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