ipse

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) himself; herself; itself

Etymology
From, a compound pronoun whose -p- is of difficult-to-trace origin. See the Proto-Italic entry for more.

The p is traditionally explained as as follows. In Old Latin when both parts were inflected, an epenthetic 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, , with only later in the history of Latin neuter ipsum becoming ipsud.

De Vaan argues that the -p- need not necessarily be epenthetic, but instead it may be the particle.

Determiner

 * 1)  himself, herself, itself, the very, the actual
 * 2) specific reference to the chief, the leader, the one, etc., used to distinguish the principal person from the subordinates
 * 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
 * 7) exactly, precisely, just with a numeral or for contrast
 * 1) just with an adverb of time
 * 2) exactly, precisely, just with a numeral or for contrast
 * 1) exactly, precisely, just with a numeral or for contrast
 * 1) exactly, precisely, just with a numeral or for contrast

Declension
It follows the pronominal declension
 * In Medieval Latin the neuter form (instead of ) appears.

Descendants

 * Eastern or Balearic:, , ,
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament
 * Eastern or Balearic:, , ,
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament
 * Old Franco-Provençal: eis, eissament