stapes

English

Wikipedia

Location of the stapes

Etymology

From Late Latin stapēs (“stirrup”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈsteɪ.piz/

Noun

stapes (plural stapes or stapedes)

1. (anatomy) A small stirrup-shaped bone of the middle ear.
   • 2010, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition, page 576

     The tympanic cavity is spanned by the three smallest bones in the body: the auditory ossicles […] These bones, named for their shape, are the malleus (malʹe-us; "hammer"); the incus (ingʹkus; "anvil"); and the stapes (staʹpēz; "stirrup"). The "handle" of the malleus is secured to the eardrum, and the base of the stapes fits into the oval window.

Synonyms

• (bone in the middle ear): stirrup

Derived terms

• stapedectomy
• stapedial
• stapedotomy

Translations

bone in the middle ear

• Catalan: estrep (ca) m
• Czech: třmínek (cs) m
• Estonian: jalus (et)
• Finnish: jalustin (fi)
• French: étrier (fr) m
• German: Steigbügel (de) m
• Greek: αναβολέας (el) (anavoleas) m
• Hungarian: kengyel (hu)

• Macedonian: узенгија (mk) (uzéngija) f
• Norwegian: stigbøyle f
• Polish: strzemiączko (pl) n
• Portuguese: estribo (pt) m, estapédio (pt) m
• Romanian: scăriță (ro) f
• Russian: стремя (ru) (strémja) n
• Serbian: stremenjača f
• Swedish: stigbygel (sv) c

See also

• bone

Anagrams

• pastes
• spates

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French

Noun

stapes m (plural stapes)

1. stapes

Synonyms

• étrier

Anagrams

• pestas

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Latin

stāpēs ferreus (iron stirrup)

Alternative forms

• stapia (rare)

Etymology

Late Latin; possibly from stō (“I stand”) + pēs (“foot”).

Noun

stapēs (genitive stapedis); m, third declension

1. stirrup
   • De Tribus Columnis Juis Secundum Powissienses, Book II, section xvi, para. 8

     […] [quidam duos stapedes et tres cingulas una cum sella annumerant, alii his singulis pretium legitimum assignant, id est, stapedibus auratis]

     […] some two stirrups and three belts with a chair are paid out, all assigned a single worth, that is, golden stirrups

2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stapēs	stapedēs
genitive	stapedis	stapedum
dative	stapedī	stapedibus
accusative	stapedem	stapedēs
ablative	stapede	stapedibus
vocative	stapēs	stapedēs

Descendants

• English: stapes
• French: stapes