stipes
See also: Stipes
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stipes (plural stipites)
- The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
- The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
- A stipe; a stalk or stem.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *steypos. Cognates include Lithuanian stìpti (“to stiffen, grow rigid”), Latvian stiept (“to stretch”), English stiff, Icelandic stífla (“to dam”). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal derivative of stīpō (“to compress, surround”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈstiː.pes/, [ˈs̠t̪iːpɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.pes/, [ˈst̪iːpes]
Noun
[edit]stīpes m (genitive stīpitis); third declension
- post, tree trunk
- log
- stake
- (figuratively, derogatory) blockhead, lunkhead, idiot, fool
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stīpes | stīpitēs |
| genitive | stīpitis | stīpitum |
| dative | stīpitī | stīpitibus |
| accusative | stīpitem | stīpitēs |
| ablative | stīpite | stīpitibus |
| vocative | stīpes | stīpitēs |
Derived terms
[edit]- stīpitātus (New Latin)
- stīpō
- stipula
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stīpō, -āre (> Derivatives > stīpes, -itis)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 588
Further reading
[edit]- “stipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stipes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “stipes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]stipēs
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