What is "lipsius"

Lipsius is the surname of the following persons:

• Constantin Lipsius (1832–1894), German architect
• Ida Marie Lipsius (1837–1927), German writer and music historian
• Justus Lipsius (1547–1606), Flemish humanist
• Justus Hermann Lipsius (1834–1920), German classical scholar
• Richard Adelbert Lipsius (1830–1892), German theologian
• Fred Lipsius (born 1943), American musician