stips
English
Noun
stips
- plural of stip
Verb
stips
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stip
Anagrams
- spits
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *stips (“stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“stiff, erect”).[1] See Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor and English stiff.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /stips/, [stɪps]
Noun
stips m (genitive stipis); third declension
- A gift, donation, contribution
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stips | stipēs |
| Genitive | stipis | stipum |
| Dative | stipī | stipibus |
| Accusative | stipem | stipēs |
| Ablative | stipe | stipibus |
| Vocative | stips | stipēs |
References
- 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, pages 588-589
- stips in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press