stipes

English

Etymology

From 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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈstiː.pes/, [ˈstiː.pɛs]

Noun

stīpes m (genitive stīpitis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension.

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

Derived terms

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, 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
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