English

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

Anagrams

• pistes
• spites

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. (figurative) blockhead, lunkhead, idiot, fool

Declension

Third declension.

Derived terms

• stīpitātus (New Latin)
• stipula

Related terms

• stīpō

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stipes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• stipes in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers