Vespasianus

Latin

Etymology

Apparently from Vespasiae, a town near Nursia in Samnium.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯es.pa.siˈaː.nus/, [u̯ɛs̠päs̠iˈäːnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ves.pa.siˈa.nus/, [vespäs̬iˈäːnus]

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.

Case	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.

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