stiva
See also: stīva and stīvā
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsti.va/
- Rhymes: -iva
- Hyphenation: stì‧va
Noun
stiva f (plural stive)
- (nautical, aviation) hold (of a ship or aircraft)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
stiva
- inflection of stivare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- stavi, svita, vasti, vista
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps connected with Latin stilus (“a pointed instrument”) and containing the root *sti- (“sharp object”) also contained in Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to sting”), whence Latin stinguō, Hittite [script needed] (tekan, “hoe”), English stick. Another possible cpnnection is Avestan staēra-, taēra- m (“mountaintop”).
Noun
stīva f (genitive stīvae); first declension
- handle of the plough
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stīva | stīvae |
| Genitive | stīvae | stīvārum |
| Dative | stīvae | stīvīs |
| Accusative | stīvam | stīvās |
| Ablative | stīvā | stīvīs |
| Vocative | stīva | stīvae |
Derived terms
- stīvārius
Descendants
- Portuguese: esteva
- Spanish: esteva
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “stilus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587
Further reading
- “stiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stiva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stiva 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)
- stiva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “stiva”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers