different between stipes vs stapes

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

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stap?s (“stirrup”). Doublet of step.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ste?.pi?z/

Noun

stapes (plural stapes or stapedes)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A small stirrup-shaped innermost ossicle of the middle ear of mammals, transmitting vibrations from the incus to the inner ear.

   Synonym: stirrup

Related terms

• stapedial
• stapedo-, staped-

Translations

References

• “stapes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “stapes”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• bone

Anagrams

• Pestas, aspets, et pass., pastes, sepats, spates, speats

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.p?s/

Noun

stapes m (plural stapes)

1. stapes

Synonyms

• étrier

Anagrams

• pestas

Latin

Alternative forms

• stapia (rare)

Etymology

From a Germanic source, possibly Frankish *stap or Old High German stapf, staph (“step, stirrup”), both from Proto-Germanic *stapiz (“a step, rung (of a ladder)”). More at step.

Alternatively: Late Latin; possibly from st? (“to stand”) +? p?s (“foot”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

stap?s m (genitive stapedis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. stirrup
2. (anatomy) stapes (bone in the middle ear)

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• stapedius (adjective)

Descendants

References

• stapes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stapes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• stapes in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016