stipes

See also: Stipes

English

Etymology

From Latin stīpes.

Noun

stipes (plural stipites)

1. The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion.
2. The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
3. A stipe; a stalk or stem.

Anagrams

• IP sets, pestis, pistes, spiest, spites

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *steypos. Cognates include Lithuanian stìpti (“to stiffen, grow rigid”), Latvian stiept (“to stretch”), English stiff, Icelandic stífla (“to dam”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstiː.pes/, [ˈs̠t̪iːpɛs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.pes/, [ˈst̪iːpes]

Noun

stīpes m (genitive stīpitis); third declension

1. post, tree trunk
2. log
3. stake
4. (figuratively) blockhead, lunkhead, idiot, fool

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stīpes	stīpitēs
Genitive	stīpitis	stīpitum
Dative	stīpitī	stīpitibus
Accusative	stīpitem	stīpitēs
Ablative	stīpite	stīpitibus
Vocative	stīpes	stīpitēs

Derived terms

• stīpitātus (New Latin)
• stīpō
• stipula

Descendants

• ⇒ Galician: restreba
• Italian: stipite

References

• “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

See main entry.

Noun

stipēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stips