stips

stips

English

Noun

stips

  1. plural of stip

Verb

stips

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stip

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *steyp-der.
Proto-Italic *stips
Latin stips

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *stips (“stalk”).[1] See Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor and English stiff.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    stips f (genitive stipis); third declension

    1. a gift, donation, contribution
    2. alms, dole, charity

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative stips stipēs
    genitive stipis stipum
    dative stipī stipibus
    accusative stipem stipēs
    ablative stipe stipibus
    vocative stips stipēs

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589

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