different between sties vs stipes

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?z

Noun

sties

1. plural of sty

Verb

sties

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sty

Anagrams

• sites

Middle English

Noun

sties

1. plural of stie (“ladder”)

English

Etymology

From Latin st?pes.

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

• IP sets, pestis, pistes, spiest, spites

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *steypos. Cognates include Lithuanian stìpti (“to stiffen, grow rigid”), Latvian stiept (“to stretch”), English stiff, Icelandic stífla (“to dam”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sti?.pes/, [?s?t?i?p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sti.pes/, [?st?i?p?s]

Noun

st?pes m (genitive st?pitis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• st?pit?tus (New Latin)
• st?p?
• stipula

Descendants

• ? Galician: restreba

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

Etymology 2

See main entry.

Noun

stip?s

1. nominative plural of stips
2. accusative plural of stips
3. vocative plural of stips