stipes

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin.

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steypos. Cognate with Ancient Greek στέφω (stéphō), English stiff.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈstiː.pes/, [ˈs̠t̪iːpɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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

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