Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vespasianus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ves-pasianus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Vespasian (“a Roman cognomen”).

Example Sentences

"After that Nero had raygned thirtene yeares: Otho and Galba one yeare, and ſix monethes: Veſpaſianus was counted a potent Pꝛince in Iudæa, amonge the armyes appoynted againſt the Ievves, and being pꝛoclaymed Emperour of the hoaſt that there was, foꝛthe with he is ſent to Rome, committing vnto his ſonne Titus the warres, in hande agaynſte the Ievves."
"DOMITIA′NUS, TITUS FLAVIUS, younger son of the Emperor Vespasianus, succeeded his brother Titus as emperor, a.d. 81."
"At just about the same time that, as we know now, Vespasianus was declaring himself emperor in the east?"

Etymology

From Middle English Vespasianus, from Latin Vespasiānus.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: Vespasianus, Vespasiānus

Questions

What does vespasianus mean?: Alternative form of Vespasian (“a Roman cognomen”).
Where does vespasianus come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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