What is the Latin word for stirrup?

The usual Latin words for “stirrup” are stapēs, scāla. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“stirrup” in Latin

stapēsstirrup; stapes (bone in the middle ear)scālaladder; stairs (flight of steps)

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

stirrup

stapia: stapeda (in the Latin of the Middle Ages): scala (from the sixth century; Vid: Vogel’s History of Inventions, vol. i, p. 431). Stirrup-leather, *lorum stapiae.

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What is the Latin word for stirrup?: The usual Latin words for “stirrup” are stapēs, scāla. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.