stips

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English

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Noun

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stips

  1. plural of stip

Verb

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stips

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stip

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *stips (stalk), from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (stiff, erect).[1] See Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor and English stiff.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stips f (genitive stipis); third declension

  1. A gift, donation, contribution
  2. Alms, dole, charity

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stips stipēs
Genitive stipis stipum
Dative stipī stipibus
Accusative stipem stipēs
Ablative stipe stipibus
Vocative stips stipēs

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589