IPSO, ipso
Sounds Like: IP-soh
Translations: 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
From the root: IPSE
Part of Speech: Pronoun, Adjective
Explanation: IPSO is the ablative singular form of the Latin intensive pronoun and adjective IPSE. It is used to emphasize a noun or pronoun, often translated as 'himself,' 'herself,' 'itself,' 'the very,' or 'in person.' As an ablative case, it indicates means, manner, place where, or accompaniment, depending on context and prepositional usage. For example, 'ipso facto' means 'by the fact itself.'
Inflection: Singular, Ablative, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 13:2
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
- IPSIS — to them, for them, by them, with them, themselves, to themselves, for themselves, by themselves, with themselves
- IPSIUS — (of) himself, (of) herself, (of) itself, (of) the very one
- IPSOS — themselves, them themselves, the very ones
- IPSUM — himself, itself, the very (one), the actual (one)
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