679. The intensive pronoun #ipse#, _himself_, stems #ipso-#, #ipsā-#, is
declined like #ille# (666), but has the nominative and accusative neuter
singular #ipsum#.
680. In dramatic verse, #ipse# has rarely the first syllable short, and
often has the older form #ipsus#. Plautus has these forms: N. F.
#eapse#, Ac. #eumpse#, #eampse#, Ab. #eōpse#, #eāpse#, equivalent to
#ipsa#, &c. So #reāpse# for #rē ipsā#.